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The Field Studies Council have a number of webinars coming up. https://www.field-studies-council.org/c ... y-courses/

I've listed out a few below, but do check out the full list!

Tues 11 May, 2:30-4pm - Exploring Arable Plants
Wed 19 May, 3-4pm - Red Squirrel Conservation: Protecting Merseyside’s Red Squirrel Stronghold
Wed 26 May, 3-4pm - Slimy, Sticky & Unloved: Slugs in Britain
Wed 2 June, 3-4pm - The Weird and Wonderful World of Wildflowers

Oh, thanks for that! I've signed up for the slugs and one on biological records. There's also one on the Knepp estate and its rewilding that's probably worth flagging.

Some more virtual talks coming up that folk might be interested in!

• 23 June, 18:00 BST: In Conversation with... Zandile and Ali: Public Engagement, ZA to DD https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-conve ... 3784500581
• 23 June, 19:30 BST: Communicating COVID 19 – Trials, Challenges and Lessons https://www.dcu.ie/commsteam/dcu-events ... nd-lessons
• 28 June - 2 July: Living Knowledge Online Festival 2021 https://livingknowledge.org/lk9/lk-onli ... ival-2021/
• 29 June, 10:30 BST: Demonstrating the Value of Public Engagement: Digital-first approaches to capturing and evidencing meaningful impact https://www.vertigoventures.com/resourc ... t-webinar/

This (from the York Festival of Ideas) may be of interest

First Light: Switching on stars at the dawn of time

Emma Chapman
Saturday 19 June 2021, 11am to 12pm
Event details
Astronomers have successfully observed a great deal of the Universe's history, from recording the afterglow of the Big Bang to imaging thousands of galaxies, and even to visualising an actual black hole. There's a lot for astronomers to be smug about. But when it comes to understanding how the Universe began and grew up we are literally in the dark ages. In effect, we are missing the first one billion years from the timeline of the Universe.
https://yorkfestivalofideas.com/2021/ca ... rst-light/

Few more talks and events:

• 21 June, 12:00 BST: A webinar for healthcare workers: COVID-19 vaccines & communicating with younger adults https://www.immunology.org/events/webin ... ger-adults
• 26 June - 11 July: Edinburgh Science Festival https://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/
• 30 June, 14:00 BST: Can biomass displace petrochemicals as a feedstock for manufacturing? https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/can-biom ... 8548126715

MDI Science Café Online — Communicating Covid-19: The Importance of Making Science Accessible
Hermann Haller, M.D.
Monday, August 2, 2021 · 4:30–5:30 pm (9:30 UK)

https://mdibl.org/event/mdi-science-cafe-2021-08-02/

The National Astronomy Meeting was held in Bath a couple of weeks ago (sort of, it was a virtual meeting)

There are recordings of the plenary sessions here:

https://nam2021.org/

Plenty to catch up on, I'm particularly looking forward to hearing Prof Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell talking about Caroline Herschel and women in astronomy today

Dr Robert Lustig's lectures probably deserve their own thread. Would love to see them discussed here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=deskt ... y2s&t=1668

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PqPGOhXoprU&t=182s

I think the man just got a nobel prize. Love these lectures

Jack Szostak (Harvard/HHMI) Part 1: The Origin of Cellular Life on Earth

Why We Will still be here on Dec 21st - Andrew Fraknoi, David Morrison and Ed Krupp (SETI Talks)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WA5FC0in6U8

Fascinating look at the V2 rocket turbopump with tons of technical details

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EgiMu8A3pi0&t=3944s

The Extinct Ice Age Mammals of North America

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5XDUS5voLmg

Great stuff on language from Steven Pinker

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hBpetDxIEMU&t=3595s

The Field Studies Council have a two-week online course on bee nesting ecology and conservation that's only £10 for amateurs.

A talk on Alien Worlds by someone we know who is trying to get into Sci Comms.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alien-wo ... 9749624697
Thursday 23rd - 7 - 8pm GMT
Free - should be good

From the Astronomy and Space thread -
viewtopic.php?p=106735#p106735

A public talk is being given by the STFC as part of their Talking Science Online series.
Thursday 27th January 6pm GMT
'The life of an Atom' by Dr Chris Pearson. It's about how different atoms are formed over the age of the Universe
Join via Zoom, booking on the link below...

https://ukri.us5.list-manage.com/track/ ... d393b98ac6