Portals, Mazes & Music: The Creative Tech Behind BarrowlandsVR
Join us for a fascinating look inside BarrowlandsVR, a virtual-reality experience created by Macclesfield College’s Chris Godber and inspired by Scottish music producers Copperknob and their album Barrowlands. Originally developed for an art exhibition in Macclesfield in November 2023, this project blends creative coding, procedural design, and music-driven world-building to create a truly immersive digital …
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It’s Snot Just Slime!
“The word mucus usually makes us think of stuffy noses during a cold, but it’s a whole lot more. Since evolving hundreds of millions of years ago, mucus has been an exceptional defence mechanism deciding what comes in and what stays out. Dr Erin Pallott recently completed her PhD at the University of Manchester, researching mucus responses to …
Counting Salmon: The Science Behind Species Survival
Salmon are one of the UK’s most iconic species — and one of the most closely watched. But how do we actually know whether their numbers are rising, falling, or holding steady? In this engaging talk, Claire Riseley from the Environment Agency explains the intricate world of salmon stock assessment: how fish populations are monitored, …
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The power to heal ourselves
Back by request from attendees in March this year, May is coming back to talk in some more detail about elements of her talk: Traditional East Asian Medicine Through the Lens of Modern Science: Theories, Mechanisms, and Innovation. May is a spiritual coach and a practitioner of traditional East Asian medicine who is passionate about educating …