The Philosophy Group will meet on Wednesday May 20th to look at AI – Artificial Intelligence from a philosophical viewpoint. We will look at the development, nature and ethical impacts of current and future developments.
All are welcome. Kensington House at 2.30 pm
Tech and Science Group talk dates and subjects for May are:
May 13 Gympie gympie – Australia’s worst plant
May 27 Cholera – History and Science of a nasty disease
All are welcome from 2.30 pm at Kensington House
Last Wednesday’s presentation by Bob Humour, was a brilliant expose of the works and times of Michael Faraday. High tech questioning and shed loads of information was well received. More info can be found here
The next session will be on April 22nd when John will be presenting ‘flight’.
u3a is running a bi-monthly photography project. Each session will have 15 selected images displayed in an on-line gallery. Entry is FREE and is NOT a competition – just bragging rights! The next ‘subject is ‘layers’ with a closing date of midday March 26th
Full details can be found here
Due to the room cancellation this weeks Tech & Science presentation is cancelled. We will hopefully resume next month with these dates:
Mar 11 – Sugar – History, chemistry and science
Mar 25 – PAR Watts and coloured skies
The Garden Visits Group is offering a short break holiday with Airedale Tours. We will be visiting the ‘Garden of England’ in Kent with visits to 7 locations. Five NT properties are planned so membership required or pay at the door. Some single rooms available.
When: Monday 20th April 4 Nights DBB
Cost: £679 to £789 depending on numbers
Deposit: £75
Click here for the full info sheet
We will be looking at the History and Science of these subjects this month:
Feb 11 – Pins and Needles.
Feb 25 – Sugar
All are welcome at Kensington House. Cost is £1.50
Hi all. Hope you had a great break and are ready to resume ‘normal service’.
Dates and topics for January Wednesdays are:
14th Texas floods – Flash Floods and the NWS
28th Starlink – Elon Musk’s Satellite Stream
All are welcome at Kensington House on 14th January at 2.30pm.
After Bob regailed us with his ‘cheesy’ offering its down to something a little harder.
Our final topic for 2025 will be entitled ‘any old iron‘ on Wednesday 26th Nov.
We will be looking at iron from element, through industry and into biology.
All are welcome at 2.30pm. Kensington House in Station Road. Cost is £1.50
We take December off but will restart on Jan 14th with a random mix of science bits.
Thirteen ramblers arrived at West Kirby station on a very mild November day and proceeded to walk along the Wirral way. Trees in their Autumnal colours, with lots of leaves falling, passing some very nice properties overlooking the Dee estuary and the North Wales coast, we arrived at the Thurstaston visitor centre for a coffee break.