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Professor Jennifer Smith from the University of Glasgow presented the findings from the "Speak for Yersel" project - a series of quizzes investigating how use of Scots words (both overt and covert) and grammatical phrasing is distributed around Scotland, both geographically and broadly by class, and explored its interaction with Gaelic in the north-west Highlands.

Dr Kevin Ross from Impact Solutions spoke about various kinds of plastic, how readily they can be recycled, how well they are recycled, the environmental (and unexpected) consequences of (not) recycling, the value of plastic products as part of their lifecycles and external factors such as the international trading of waste. Whew!

Last night's Curious Minds talk was a cracker! Professor Alessio Ciulli runs one of the biggest and highest profile research teams in Dundee. He is a world leader in the field of Targeted Protein Degradation - a way to encourage a cell's natural garbage-disposal mechanisms to remove rogue proteins. TPD is a breakthrough that has enabled the development of multiple new drugs for treating some of...

For the second talk in our Curious Minds lecture series, Dr Brendan Gabriel spoke about the effects of circadian rhythms on metabolic disorders such as diabetes, including the consequences of being a night-owl or working shifts.

For the first video in our new series, Professor David Price from the University of Edinburgh spoke about how the brain grows from just one cell to a structure of billions of cells and trillions of connections in the space of 9 months.

Saturday 11 May 2024 marked the culmination of a two-year joint project with the PSNS & Historic Towns Trust: the production of a Historical Map of Perth including many sites of interest over the last one thousand years. For the launch event, we heard from Professor Vanessa Harding, Chair of the Historic Towns Trust, on "Mapping our Shared History"; from Theresa Hughes, President of PSNS Archae...

An Historical Map of Perth 2

An Historical Map of Perth part 1

Professor Mark Harris, director of the Ian Ramsey Centre at the University of Oxford, is both a physicist by training and an ordained Anglican priest. He spoke about the ways the relationship between science and religion and theology can be seen - from outright conflict (which is bigger than the other?) through independence to a dialogue and more.

The moment we hear someone talk, their accent and dialect influence the mental image we form of that person’s national, social, economic and educational background. Dr Sadie Ryan is a sociolinguist at the University of Glasgow with a keen interest in the relationships between accents and identity. She spoke particularly about the relationships between Scots and English.

A lecture by Dr Sarah Chan from the University of Edinburgh, on the ethical decisions involved in running medical trials. Do you have the right to refuse to join a trial? A moral obligation to join one? Or even a right to be involved in trials?

For this year's McAlpine Lecture, Professor James Curran (visiting professor at the University of Strathclyde, amongst many other positions held including former chair of SEPA) spoke to us about the state of climate change. From problems - CO2 emissions leading to global warming, biodiversity loss, extreme weather events and more - to how our perception of the solutions should change, understan...

Even to a casual observer it seems obvious that the noise generated by ships, boats, drilling rigs, sonar and other forms of human activity must be a problem for marine creatures. Dr Luke Rendell, from the University of St Andrews, studies the extent and detrimental effects of both natural and man-made noise on marine mammals.

An address by Dr Delma Childers (University of Aberdeen). Fungal diseases are an under-appreciated global health threat that are responsible for more than a million deaths per year. Delma is keen to raise public awareness about fungal infections and the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance. Content Warning: a couple of the slides have moderate gore. These are preceded by slides with an a...

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