Science-Technology-Society Studies at the University of Nottingham

THIS THURSDAY!

Seminar
Energy in a carbon constrained world

Professor Trevor Drage
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
University of Nottingham

1-2pm, Thursday 1st November 2012

Room A100, Law and Social Sciences Building
Followed by tea and coffee

The stark warnings about the impact of anthropogenic on CO2 on climate change make a strong and urgent case for a significant change in our use and generation of energy. The increasing world demand for energy creates a significant challenge for both science and society. This talk will look at the energy challenge, deployment and technology challenges, the research needs and progress, as well as the needs of education to meet these essential goals.

All Welcome

All queries: Carlos Cuevas: [email protected]
Richard Helliwell: [email protected]

Very interesting blog from Jonathan Hale, future speaker at our seminar series! http://bodyoftheory.wordpress.com

bodyoftheory Jonathan Hale on architecture, technology and the body

Spider goat, spider goat...

Horizon: 2011-2012: Playing God Adam Rutherford meets a new creature created by American scientists - the spider-goat.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/corpsereanimation-technology-still-10-years-off-sa,1525/

Corpse-Reanimation Technology Still 10 Years Off, Say MIT Mad Scientists CAMBRIDGE, MA—Certain forms of horrible knowledge that Man was not meant to possess are still years away from becoming standard practice.

Fantastic talk by nathan stephen-griffiths last Thursday on comics in social research. You can listen to his music here, well worth it: http://onsind.bandcamp.com/album/dissatisfactions

Dissatisfactions, by ONSIND 10 track album

Stuart Derbyshire, speaking to us at the start of next semester, is on Derren Brown tonight. Check it out y'all!

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Gasp. 23 likes. I wonder what will happen at 25....does the bunting appear by itself?