Raking up the facts on GM crops in cafe controversial with Professor Howard Davies

On April 22, Professor Howard Davies from the James Hutton Institute raked up the facts surrounding GM crops and their use in the future. The lively discussion can be listened to again here:

 

You can keep up with the programme of events for cafe controversial on facebook and see the whole programme of talks in 2014 here.

During the talk twitter got involved. You can read all the tweets about the night below.

Does Going Green Cost the Earth? Cafe Controversial with Dr David Toke

On March 18th,  Dr David Toke,  of Politics and International Relations, within the University of Aberdeen spoke at the second cafe controversial of the series in Satrosphere Science Centre

With energy bills ever on the increase, our drive towards renewable energy is often singled out for blame, but is this fair? Join us as we discuss the economic impact of going green.

The talk "Does going green need to cost the Earth?" can be listened to here: 

You can keep up with the programme of events for cafe controversial on facebook and see the whole programme of talks in 2014 here.

Buy One Throw One Out. Cafe Controversial Series with Dr Jennie Macdiarmid.

Dr Jennie Macdiarmid, from the Institute of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Aberdeen launched the new cafe controversial series on February 18th in Satrosphere Science Centre.

"With food waste on the increase we question how much promotional offers in supermarkets are to blame, what impact food waste is having on the environment and how we might weigh up what we really need."

You can listen to the talk called "Buy one, throw one out" here:

You can keep up with the programme of events for cafe controversial on facebook and see the whole programme of talks in 2014 here.

Northern Lights - Cafe Scientifique Inverness with Dr Lyndsay Fletcher

Dr Lyndsay Fletcher, School of Physics and Astronomy University of Glasgow launched the new Cafe Scientifique series in Inverness in March with a talk all about the Northern Lights.

You can listen to her talk and the Q&A session here:


Also you can see a demonstration (with elastic band!) of the northern lights here

 You can keep up with Cafe Scientifique Inverness on Facebook and view the whole programme of events running throughout 2014!

Virtual Healthcare - Cafe MED Inverness

Cafe Med Inverness talk from Mr David Heaney from the Centre for Rural Health in Inverness about 'virtual healthcare' on the 10th of September 2013.

What if you get ill but help is far away? Digital tools are enhancing healthcare services for remote and rural communities across the Highlands and Europe yet are still not commonplace. Come and discuss what the future may hold in this exciting area of medical care.

You can listen to the talk here:

A new series of FREE discussion events bringing together the public and leading figures in medicine and biosciences.

Organised by the University of Aberdeen Public Engagement with Research Unit and Centre for Rural Health. 

http://www.engagingaberdeen.co.uk/

Are we all on the Autism Spectrum? Cafe Med Inverness with speaker Professor Christopher Gillberg

This podcast was recorded live at Cafe Med Inverness on the 14th of August 2013. Professor Christopher Gillberg, a world leading psychiatric researcher, spoke about the key features of autism and overlap with other brain development problems along with "normality". After the talk a question and answer session with the audience was also recorded.

For details of community cafe talks from the University of Aberdeen visit www.engagingaberdeen.co.uk and find out more about Cafe Med Inverness on Facebook.

This talk was organised by the University of Aberdeen Public Engagement with Research Unit with the Centre for Rural Health. Supported by the Scottish Government.

You can listen to the podcast by pressing play

How the Highlands Pioneered the NHS

This podcast was recorded live at Cafe Med Inverness on the 18th of June 2013. Speakers Dr Miles Mack and Steve Mccabe from the Dewar Group gave a fascinating insight into the lessons that can be learnt for the NHS today from the Dewar Report of 1912 and how the Highlands have contributed to our modern day NHS.

For details of community cafe talks from the University of Aberdeen visit www.engagingaberdeen.co.uk

This talk was organised by the University of Aberdeen Public Engagement with Research Unit with the Centre for Rural Health. Supported by the Scottish Government.

You can listen to the podcast by pressing play

Dr Miles Mack and Dr Steve Mccabe talking at Cafe Med Inverness