Hopefully you all had a nice ‘summer’ break?
The Technology and Science group restarts on Wednesday 11 th September. We have a very loose list of subjects planned including ‘spice chemistry’, Thalidomide, chocolate and Lyme disease.
If you have a subject you would like to present or would like us to look at please contact Colin or Phil
In February we looked at the ‘gut biome’. Continuing research, that covers many medical conditions, is finding new ‘connections’ every day.
This article discusses a clear link between alzheimers disease and gut condition.
Here is a link to a Facebook page which may be of interest?
Its a pair of astro photographs, the first of which was taken by Isaac Roberts, a one time dweller in Maghull.
The first in 1888 and the second in 2013
Our next presentations will be:
June 12th – Let there be light
Light in medical diagnostics
June 26th – 3 industrial disasters
Abbeystead, Bhopal and Flixborough
We will then break for the summer and return on September 11th
If you have a topic for us to present, or better still, to do yourself then please let us know. We are currently looking at chocolate, more industrial disasters, more Liverpool ‘firsts’ and some chemistry.
Have a great summer recess – Colin and Phil
How opportune was the talk last week on ‘sunspot maxima’? The presentation was designed to be topical and we were brought up to date on the history and science of sunspots, solar flares and coronal mass ejections only to experience a massive CME over the following days ending with spectacular auroral display on Friday and Saturday nights if you were in the right place !
Click here for some amazing images.
2025 is guestimated to be the next ‘sunspot maxima’ year in the current cycle. If you are interested then you might sign up for AuroraWatch at Lancaster University.
If you are interested in all things Technology and Science then please come along to our next meeting on Wednesday 22 May where we uncover Derby Park.
If you would like to read the ‘solar maximum’ for a copy presentation then please ask via the ‘comments’ section of the T&S web page.
Our meeting set for April 24th has had to be cancelled.
We resume in May with the following topics
May 8th -‘Solar Maximum’
May 22nd – Derby Park: history and science
After our recent talk on the human microbiome I thought this article might be of interest from Science Alert an Australian freebie science website.
This Common Food Preservative May Not Be as Harmless as We Thought : ScienceAlert
Regards – Phil
28th Feb. Gut instinct with Phil
13th Mar. The Manchester Ship Canal by John
27th Mar. History of the Home Phone from 1887 to Voip. By Colin Bennett.
10th Apr. Three Liverpool ‘firsts’ with Phil
24th Apr. Sunspot maxima with Phil
The January talk on ‘pain’ by Bob was excellent. He described how our bodies sense pain and how we react to stimuli. Discussion then turned to pain relief and dependency.
Future topics are:
Feb. 14th Cancelled – room required
Feb. 28th ‘Gut instinct’ – the brain/gut biome
Mar. 13th The Manchester ship canal’
Mar. 27th TBA
All welcome at Kensington House at 2.30
Hope you had a great, bug free break and are ready for a new season of technology and science topics. We resume next Wednesday with:
Jan 10th – The jolley girls with Phil
Jan 24th – Pain with Bob Morris