Home Retrofit Unpacked
People are increasingly talking about home retrofit – retrospectively fitting energy saving improvements to a home – as a way to help the UK meet its climate targets and fix our incredibly cold, damp and unhealthy homes! In this talk, Jonathan Atkinson of the Carbon Co-op and People Powered Retrofit outlines the background behind retrofit: …
Investigate the Dead! How Science can Improve Criminal Cases Outcomes
How often have we heard about criminal cases that remain unresolved and fade into oblivion? Unsolved cases have significant economic and societal impacts on every nation, breeding distrust towards the criminal justice system. The team at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston is pioneering innovative research aimed at enhancing our understanding of complex forensic …
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What is Oxygen, why it is important for the body and how it takes on ‘Magical’ qualities when delivered under pressure.
A look into why we need oxygen, some possible causes of why we lack oxygen in our body and understanding how to get more oxygen into our body through Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Speaker: Sarah Todd Director and centre Manager at Oxify
Cancer Biomarkers: What are they, and how are they useful in the fight against cancer?
Biomarkers can take many forms in the body, but in the case of cancer they are often cells (known as Circulating Tumour Cells), proteins or DNA that have been shed by the tumour and can be measured in the bloodstream of a cancer patient. More commonly, they are measured in the patient’s tumour. Ideally, we …
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Sexuality is an intrinsic part of who we are, discover why!
From an evolutionary standpoint, sexuality is an intrinsic part of who we are. If you were to take a picture of your brain during sex, you’d see that despite everything going on between your legs, the real action is happening between your ears. In this engaging and interactive talk, we’ll explore: – Primal, physical, and …
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We’re not just unconscious when sleep – hear the facts and learn about the latest science
Over the past couple of years Jill has carried out numerous sleep awareness courses for wellbeing teams in NHS trusts and ICBs; schools/ college forums; fitness/ yoga/mindfulness coaches; counselling organisations; medical staff; care and respite home managers; leadership and management coaches; private organisations esp those with nightshift workers. With the most recent being Thames Valley …
Science and environmental impacts of different funeral options
Laura Doherty will be talking to us about the environmental impacts of different funeral options
Practitioner of Traditional East Asian Medicine
May Calma Healing Space will be talking to us about Traditional East Asian Medicine (TEAM)
Whooping cough vaccines: a century of good science and bad
A hundred years ago, whooping cough killed more than one in every hundred children born in Europe. Eighty years ago, two women in Grand Rapids, Michigan, developed the vaccine that stopped it. All it took was years of working evenings and weekends, an army of volunteer healthcare workers and lab technicians funded by donations from …
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