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Wednesday 17th October 2007 |
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Title: |
Fascinating fleas |
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Speaker: |
David Mardon |
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Description: |
David Mardon’s career in biological science
was established at Aberdeen University. Although he now works as the
naturalist and conservationist responsible for the Ben Lawers NNR, he
remains an authority on the identification and geographical distribution of
fleas. World-wide, there are some 3000 species of these most intriguing
parasitic insects. Over the years fleas have fascinated poets, terrified
populations by transmitting the agents of devastating plagues and astonished
biologists with their jumping prowess.
And did you know – there is a traditional
flea repellent in a bog near you? |
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Date: |
Wednesday 21st November 2007 |
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Title: |
Active ageing – dispelling the myth that you
can relax as you get older! |
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Speaker: |
Dawn Skelton |
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Description: |
Dawn Skelton, who co-ordinates ProFaNE
(Prevention of Falls Network) at Manchester University, has recently been
appointed Reader in Ageing and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University. The
cost of sedentary behaviour in older people affects them and the NHS. Is it
safe to exercise if you have a disease? How much activity is enough to
maintain fitness? Can exercise prevent falls and fractures? Are any
exercises unsafe? If we understand the barriers and the motivators to
keeping fit might we become exercise leaders in our community? |
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Date: |
Wednesday 20th February 2008 |
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Title: |
What drives scientists to do science? |
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Speaker: |
John Lackie |
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Description: |
John Lackie runs Plumbland Consulting in
Cumbria. He has held academic research appointments at the universities of
Cambridge and Glasgow and been Director of Research for an international
pharmaceutical company. Scientists are not alien beings – what makes them
different is their childlike enthusiasm for finding out about things.
Scientists revel in discovery, in finding out something that nobody knew
before. How does a scientist discover something? Science and technology
are different, the latter being the application of the former. Science is
common sense at its best. |
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Wednesday 19th March 2008 |
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Title: |
Cononish gold project – an overview |
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Speaker: |
CJS Sangster |
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Description: |
Chris Sangster is a mining engineer with
wide experience of gold mining in Southern Africa and Canada, tin mining in
Cornwall, copper mining in Zambia and diamond mining in Lesotho. Where does
the Cononish project stand in comparison with gold mining generally? How
can gold be extracted from gold-bearing rocks? What will be the best method
for extracting gold (and silver) from the Cononish ore? How will the
Cononish mine be brought into production and what will the environmental
impact be of this activity for the Strathfillan region? |
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