With Dr Matt Pope La Manche is the name we give to the Ice Age landscapes of the English Channel, southern Britain and northern France. It has a record of early human behaviour which varies from isolated and difficult-to-interpret single artefacts through to rare sites preserving deep and rich accumulations of many thousands of finds. […]
Matt Haig is the the beloved author of titles such as 'The Midnight Library' and 'How to Stop Time' and now brings us another beautifully wrought and inspiring novel, 'The Life Impossible' Meet Grace, a retired maths teacher who has been left a run down house on a Mediterranean island by a long lost friend. With […]
With Dr Iris Asllani This talk delves into the remarkable insights that MRI technology provides into the brain’s circulatory system and its impact on health. By exploring how blood flow sustains brain function, we will uncover its critical role in cognition, aging, and neurological disorders. You'll learn how cutting-edge imaging techniques allow us to visualize […]
Speaker: Professor Stephen WilkinsUniversity of Sussex In our current understanding, our Universe emerged from an incredibly hot, dense state roughly 14 billion years ago. While initially incredibly hot and full of light as the Universe expanded it cooled, eventually becoming dark, entering a period known as the “cosmological dark ages”. During this period dark matter […]
In 'The Trading Game', Gary Stevenson charts his life from working-class roots in Ilford to becoming one of Citibank's leading financial traders, dealing in trillions of dollars of other people's money everyday. He takes us right to the dark heart of the trading world, introducing us to the many intoxicating and amoral characters who reside […]
With Abigail Dombey CEng What part will hydrogen play in getting to Net Zero? with Abigail Dombey CEng CEnv. Hydrogen is being hyped as THE energy vector for the transition to net zero. However, whilst it will be essential for the decarbonisation of many areas of the economy, there will be limits to its use. This presentation will […]
Speaker: Tahani BaldwinUniversity of Sussex During the height of the Space Race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, a little-known yet revolutionary program dared to defy the norms of the 1960s. Spearheaded by visionary aerospace physician Dr. William Randolph Lovelace ll, this groundbreaking initiative sought to answer one bold question: Could women endure the […]
With Dr Liat Levita Are adolescents really just thrill-seekers who struggle to learn from negative outcomes? The answer, as we will talk about, is a big no. I will share some exciting research from my lab, using insights from EEG and behavioural tasks to challenge common misconceptions about teens. We will explore what these findings […]
Elif Shafak's latest novel, 'There Are Rivers In The Sky' is a sweeping and enchanting story set between the 19th century and modern times. Events centre around three extraordinary characters, Arthur, Narin and Zaleekhah, living on the banks of the Thames and the Tigris, their lives all curiously touched by the epic of Gilgamesh. This […]
Speaker: Peter Grimley The European Southern Observatory — ESO — was established in 1962 to provide astronomers in Europe with access to the southern skies by operating an observatory in Chile. Its five founding Member States have now grown to sixteen, including the UK. Since its inception ESO has been at the forefront of technological […]
With Dr Charlotte Rae In a 4 day working week, full-time employees reduce their time at work to 4 days with no loss of salary. Media reports have suggested this can enhance both staff wellbeing, and performance at work. But what really happens behind closed doors and beyond the media headlines? We’ve been studying employers […]
It's that time of year again when Brighton Astro invites its members to take centre stage and talk on any subject they like for 10 minutes - as long as it is space related. This year we have a great line up and a brilliantly diverse range of subjects: Ivana PeranicNarrowband Planets: Planetary imaging in […]
With Prof Stephen Wilkins Quantum physics is a fundamental theory that describes the behaviour of nature at and below the scale of atoms. Celebrating 100 years since initial developments, the United Nations proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. As part of these celebrations I will introduce how quantum physics is essential to […]
Please only come along if you've signed up, as we're limited on space so won't be able to fit anyone else in. Defying the notion of the silent graveyard, planetary systems refuse to die quietly. Instead, a significant fraction show one or more signs of dynamical reanimation, with strong indications of general mayhem during the […]
With Prof Mark Yeoman Molluscs have been routinely used to study the mechanisms by which nerve cells communicate. Indeed, our understanding of how the electrical signals in neurons are generated and the fundamental mechanisms of learning and memory formation were first discovered in this simple model system. Like many animals, snails age and when they […]
Please only come along if you've signed up, as we're limited on space so won't be able to fit anyone else in. There's a real joy to sharing a passion. Our natural impulse to share interesting new information and experiences with others is a cornerstone of human society. Most people interested in astronomy will have […]
With Prof Julie Weeds Julie Weeds is Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Sussex and Co-Director of SussexAI. She graduated with a first in Computer Science from Cambridge in 1998. She has an MPhil in Computer Speech and Language Processing from Cambridge (2000), a PhD in Natural Language Processing from the University of Sussex […]
How to see the Activity on our Closest Star As we revel in the 2025 solar maximum, Brighton-based cellist by day and astro photographer by night, Ivana Peranic, will take us through best ways to observe and photograph all the amazing features on the surface of the Sun. From sunspots to filaments and flares, from […]
With Prof Timothy Humphrey DOORS 7PM | SPEAKER 7.30PM Please note that we are entirely dependent on donations from those who attend our events. You can make a donation as you arrive or leave; we are happy to accept cash or card payments. All donations greatly appreciated! Please ensure you REGISTER prior to attending! Prof […]
Dr Robert Massey (Royal Astronomical Society), and Dr Alexandra Loske (Royal Pavilion, Brighton) Humans have been fascinated with our nearest heavenly body, the Earth's Moon, since prehistoric times. It has now been more than 50 years since we set foot on the Moon during the Apollo space missions. In this lecture astronomer Dr Robert Massey […]