BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sitp.online//Skeptics in the Pub Online Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Skeptics in the Pub Online X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sitp.online X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Skeptics in the Pub Online BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260528T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260528T210000 DTSTAMP:20260430T185004 CREATED:20260430T185004 LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T185004 UID:20260528-2870@sitp.online SUMMARY:The Common Cold: 30,000 years of the sniffles – David Mile s DESCRIPTION:Everybody knows what a cold feels like: miserable. The first cold virus was detected in a milk tooth shed over 30,000 ye ars ago and ever since, the common cold has been a bane. Yet while sore throats and blocked noses are annoyingly familia r, the processes that lead to them are not widely known and often […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/the-common-cold-30000-years-of-the- sniffles-david-miles/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T210000 DTSTAMP:20260402T203951 CREATED:20260402T203951 LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T183503 UID:20260423-2854@sitp.online SUMMARY:What on earth can we do about climate change? – Matt Winni ng DESCRIPTION:Dr Matt Winning takes a comedic journey through the science, solutions, economic and politics of climate change – taki ng stock of where we are and asking what really needs to be done. Dr Matt Winning is a climate change comedian and a Lec turer (Teaching) in the Economics ofSustainability at Univer sity College London where he has […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/what-on-earth-can-we-do-about-clima te-change-matt-winning/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260326T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260326T210000 DTSTAMP:20260226T193905 CREATED:20260226T193905 LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T185925 UID:20260326-2824@sitp.online SUMMARY:When healthy eating turns harmful: How ultra-processed food panic fuels anxiety and disordered eating – Maeve Hanan DESCRIPTION:From best-selling books to viral TikToks and food documentar ies, ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have become public enemy n umber one in the world of nutritional ‘wellness’. But is the panic justified – or are we being fed a different kin d of harmful message? In this talk, registered dietitian Mae ve Hanan will break down what UPFs actually are, […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/when-healthy-eating-turns-harmful-h ow-ultra-processed-food-panic-fuels-anxiety-and-disordered-e ating-maeve-hanan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T210000 DTSTAMP:20260206T190608 CREATED:20260206T190608 LAST-MODIFIED:20260226T191500 UID:20260226-2809@sitp.online SUMMARY:The Rendlesham Forest UFO: Deconstructing a myth – Ian Rid path DESCRIPTION:The Rendlesham Forest UFO incident of December 1980 ranks as one of the top ten UFO cases in the world as voted by UFO b elievers, and is often described as the ‘British Roswell . Evidence for a series of sightings spread over two nights includes eye-witness statements from security guards at the US Air Force base […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/the-rendlesham-forest-ufo-deconstru cting-a-myth-ian-ridpath/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260122T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260122T210000 DTSTAMP:20260117T193724 CREATED:20260117T193724 LAST-MODIFIED:20260117T193725 UID:20260122-2801@sitp.online SUMMARY:Stealing money from old people slowly – Dr Joel Wallenberg DESCRIPTION:What do the farmers of ancient Babylonia and AirBnB have in common? This is one of the many questions we will answer in our exploration of the ways interest rates are used and abus ed. Loans at interest are a tool of financial planning so ol d that they actually predate money itself. Perhaps equally o ld is […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/stealing-money-from-old-people-slow ly-dr-joel-wallenberg/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251127T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251127T210000 DTSTAMP:20251106T201228 CREATED:20251106T201228 LAST-MODIFIED:20251106T201229 UID:20251127-2677@sitp.online SUMMARY:Historic Building Mythbusting – James Wright DESCRIPTION:Go to any ancient building and there will be interesting, ex citing, and romantic stories presented to the visitor. They are commonly believed and widely repeated – but are they r eally true? These stories include those of secret passages l inking ancient buildings, spiral staircases in castles givin g advantage to right-handed defenders, ship timbers used in the […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/historic-building-mythbusting-james -wright/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251024T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251024T210000 DTSTAMP:20251021T234900 CREATED:20251021T234900 LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T235045 UID:20251024-2617@sitp.online SUMMARY:SkeptiCamp 2025 DESCRIPTION:See here for the full schedule URL:https://sitp.online/show/skepticamp-2025/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250925T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250925T210000 DTSTAMP:20250828T160346 CREATED:20250828T160346 LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T185136 UID:20250925-2549@sitp.online SUMMARY:The Myth Factory: Legends, Invented Heroes and Fake Historie s as Selling Points in Tourism – Andras Pinter DESCRIPTION:Tourism is one of the world’s biggest industries, built on the promise of wonder. We travel to stand where legends wer e born, to see relics said to hold miraculous power, or to f ollow in the footsteps of heroes we’ve only read about. Bu t how much of what we’re sold is real — and how much [&h ellip;] URL:https://sitp.online/show/the-myth-factory-legends-invented-h eroes-and-fake-histories-as-selling-points-in-tourism-andras -pinter/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250828T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250828T210000 DTSTAMP:20250810T181039 CREATED:20250810T181039 LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T151456 UID:20250828-2538@sitp.online SUMMARY:Ghoti and Other Reasons English is Hard: A Dyslexia Perspect ive – Dr Catherine Antalek DESCRIPTION:English is famously full of quirks such as ‘ghoti’ for f ish or ‘read’ that changes tense without changing spelli ng, but for people with dyslexia these can make learning to read and write even harder. This talk explores how dyslexia affects the way we process written language, why English spe lling poses particular challenges, and what research [&helli p;] URL:https://sitp.online/show/ghoti-and-other-reasons-english-is- hard-a-dyslexia-perspective-dr-catherine-antalek/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250724T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250724T210000 DTSTAMP:20250717T203703 CREATED:20250717T203703 LAST-MODIFIED:20250717T203703 UID:20250724-2517@sitp.online SUMMARY:It’s (not) all in your head – Dr Anna Fieldwalker DESCRIPTION:Chronic pain affects over 40% of the UK population, includin g around 18% of adolescents, with up to 6% of young people e xperiencing severe chronic pain. Despite its high prevalence , understanding and education around chronic pain remain lim ited. Long-term pain is strongly linked to reduced quality o f life, increased healthcare use, and poorer long-term physi cal and […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/its-not-all-in-your-head-dr-anna-fi eldwalker/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250626T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250626T210000 DTSTAMP:20250529T204809 CREATED:20250529T204809 LAST-MODIFIED:20250624T184810 UID:20250626-2459@sitp.online SUMMARY:The Shawl of Suspicion: Why we still don’t know the identi ty of Jack the Ripper – Mike Hall DESCRIPTION:Jack the Ripper is one of the most well-known serial killers in history, with stories of his gruesome exploits permeatin g popular culture to an unprecedented degree. Despite almost 150 years having passed since the appalling Whitechapel mur ders, we are still none the wiser about who he was, what dro ve his terrible crimes, or why they […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/the-shawl-of-suspicion-why-we-still -dont-know-the-identity-of-jack-the-ripper-mike-hall/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250522T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250522T210000 DTSTAMP:20250505T222814 CREATED:20250505T222814 LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T184623 UID:20250522-2425@sitp.online SUMMARY:The Cane Only Works If You Use It – Cass Peters DESCRIPTION:Nearly one in four Britons has a disability, and many of the m would benefit from a mobility aid or other piece of assist ive technology. However, studies show a consistent trend of low compliance, sometimes as little as 50% depending on demo graphics. Non-use and underuse of needed aids has a host of negative impacts, including excess […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/the-cane-only-works-if-you-use-it-c ass-peters/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250424T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250424T210000 DTSTAMP:20250416T231406 CREATED:20250416T231406 LAST-MODIFIED:20250416T231407 UID:20250424-2413@sitp.online SUMMARY:Snake Oil on the Shopping List? How Pseudoscience Ends Up in Your Shopping Cart – Dr Rebecca Wismeg-Kammerlander DESCRIPTION:From biodynamic veggies to detox cures, our supermarkets are full of products that are pure woo. One moment you’re pic king up cold medicine, the next you’re eyeing a bottle of homeopathic sugar pearls. You finally decide to get started with a skin care routine, a moment later your money ends up in the pocket of […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/snake-oil-on-the-shopping-list-how- pseudoscience-ends-up-in-your-shopping-cart-dr-rebecca-wisme g-kammerlander/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250327T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250327T210000 DTSTAMP:20250306T204251 CREATED:20250306T204251 LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T214053 UID:20250327-2392@sitp.online SUMMARY:God Awful Gaming – Noah Lugeons DESCRIPTION:In this talk, Noah Lugeons combines two of his passions; vid eo game history and terrible Christian media. In so doing, h e explores both the history of Christian video games and the larger role that Christianity has played in the development of secular games. In a who’s who of the worst video games of all time, […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/god-awful-gaming-noah-lugeons/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250220T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250220T210000 DTSTAMP:20250205T193953 CREATED:20250205T193953 LAST-MODIFIED:20250220T184522 UID:20250220-2382@sitp.online SUMMARY:The Progressive Parent: Kavin Senapathy on science, justice, and the future of humanity – Kavin Senapathy DESCRIPTION:What adults do for children today is shaping how humanity wi ll ultimately fare. How can parents and other adults leverag e information and resources to oppose bigotry and do the bes t for kids? In this presentation, Kavin Senapathy will discu ss their book, The Progressive Parent: Harnessing the Power of Science and Social Justice to Raise Awesome […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/the-progressive-parent-kavin-senapa thy-on-science-justice-and-the-future-of-humanity-kavin-sena pathy/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250123T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250123T210000 DTSTAMP:20250107T222223 CREATED:20250107T222223 LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T222933 UID:20250123-2328@sitp.online SUMMARY:The Universe: Reality or Simulation? – Professor Catherine Heymans DESCRIPTION:“Mum, do you think we could be inside a computer game?” My kids love delaying bedtime by asking me tricky questions, and this particular existential crisis left me utterly lost for words. To try and find an answer, I’ve been throw ing all the physics I know at the problem. As the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/the-universe-reality-or-simulation- professor-catherine-heymans/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241128T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241128T210000 DTSTAMP:20241030T193202 CREATED:20241030T193202 LAST-MODIFIED:20241128T151108 UID:20241128-2222@sitp.online SUMMARY:Atheism, Religion, and Human Nature: The Evolutionary Puzzle s of Faith and Atheism – Dr Will Gervais DESCRIPTION:We’re all members of a very strange species. But where lot s of human peculiarities – from art to warfare and beyond – have analogues across the animal kingdom, we stand alone as the only religious species. Yet, within our otherwise re ligious species, atheism is currently flourishing in large p arts of the world. I’ll discuss research […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/atheism-religion-and-human-nature-t he-evolutionary-puzzles-of-faith-and-atheism-dr-will-gervais / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241018T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241018T210000 DTSTAMP:20241017T224656 CREATED:20241017T224656 LAST-MODIFIED:20241018T094833 UID:20241018-2215@sitp.online SUMMARY:SkeptiCamp 2024 DESCRIPTION:URL:https://sitp.online/show/skepticamp-2024/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240926T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240926T210000 DTSTAMP:20240820T211447 CREATED:20240820T211447 LAST-MODIFIED:20240926T190459 UID:20240926-2180@sitp.online SUMMARY:The Voynich Manuscript: The World’s most Enigmatic Book fr om a Skeptical Perspective – Elonka Dunin and Klaus Schmeh DESCRIPTION:The Voynich Manuscript is a handwritten book that probably d ates back to the late Middle Ages. It is written in a script that no one can read. The Voynich manuscript has been studi ed by many professional and amateur cryptographers, includin g American and British codebreakers from both the First and Second World Wars. Still, the manuscript […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/the-voynich-manuscript-the-worlds-m ost-enigmatic-book-from-a-skeptical-perspective-elonka-dunin -and-klaus-schmeh/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240822T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240822T210000 DTSTAMP:20240806T201139 CREATED:20240806T201139 LAST-MODIFIED:20241012T230400 UID:20240822-2172@sitp.online SUMMARY:What the movies get wrong about fire – Kristen Salzer-Fros t DESCRIPTION:One of the drawbacks of expertise is that it can frequently ruin the cinematic experience. With the proliferation of exp losive content in action movies, Kristen Salzer-Frost freque ntly has to make extra efforts to suspend her disbelief. Joi n us as she grabs her blamethrower to point a critical finge r at the big screen’s representation of fire. [&hellip ;] URL:https://sitp.online/show/what-the-movies-get-wrong-about-fir e-kristen-salzer-frost/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240725T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240725T210000 DTSTAMP:20240623T215027 CREATED:20240623T215027 LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T201227 UID:20240725-2146@sitp.online SUMMARY:2000 mules and one big lie: A stubborn conspiracy theory – Jim Cliff DESCRIPTION:In May 2022, conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza release d 2000 Mules, a film which attempts to show that the 2020 US election was stolen by Democrats, and to provide a mechanis m by which this took place – a coordinated effort to harvest’ ballots and distribute them around ballot drop boxes in battleground states using paid ‘mules’. [&helli p;] URL:https://sitp.online/show/2000-mules-and-one-big-lie-a-stubbo rn-conspiracy-theory-jim-cliff/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240627T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240627T210000 DTSTAMP:20240623T214513 CREATED:20240623T214513 LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T222108 UID:20240627-2141@sitp.online SUMMARY:God and ETI [Extraterrestrial Intelligence]: The Future of H uman Religion – Dr Aaron Adair DESCRIPTION:In 1543, Copernicus made us no longer the center of the univ erse. Science today shows we are one planet of billions in j ust one galaxy of billions, so can we be all alone? And if w e are not alone, what does that make us is in relation to Go d? There are significant issues for parochial […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/god-and-eti-extraterrestrial-intell igence-the-future-of-human-religion-dr-aaron-adair/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240523T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240523T210000 DTSTAMP:20240418T214806 CREATED:20240418T214806 LAST-MODIFIED:20240612T205648 UID:20240523-2073@sitp.online SUMMARY:Controlled Human Malaria Infections: Infecting people in the name of health – Katharina Grabowski, Matteo Putra, and Jo Salkeld DESCRIPTION:What is a Controlled Human Malaria Infection, and why are re searchers at the University of Oxford and University of Edin burgh leaning on it to advance public health? Come along to a talk hosted by Katharina Grabowski and Matteo Putra to lea rn more about the ins and outs of this research approach, ho w it will be […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/controlled-human-malaria-infections -infecting-people-in-the-name-of-health-katharina-grabowski- and-matteo-putra/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240418T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240418T210000 DTSTAMP:20240310T193047 CREATED:20240310T193047 LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T231356 UID:20240418-2007@sitp.online SUMMARY:Myths and Mindsets in a Decade of Electric Transport – Rob ert Llewellyn DESCRIPTION:In the last 10 years consumer production models of EVs have become more readily available. In spite of data which shows EVs are more efficient than fossil fuel vehicles, with reduc ed CO2, emissions and particulates, in a recent policy U-tur n, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak kicked back the date for full transition to EVs to 2035, […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/myths-and-mindsets-in-a-decade-of-e lectric-transport-robert-llewellyn/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240328T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240328T210000 DTSTAMP:20240125T182022 CREATED:20240125T182022 LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T231331 UID:20240328-1968@sitp.online SUMMARY:How cholesterol skepticism became a pseudoscience – Dr Chr istopher Labos DESCRIPTION:There was a time when you could be skeptical about cholester ol’s role in cardiovascular prevention. There was uncertai nty about causality, diet seemed to have little impact and t he drugs were either ineffective or potentially dangerous. B ut then things changed. Medications improved, genetic causes of high cholesterol became clear, and the cardiovascular be nefits of cholesterol reduction […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/how-cholesterol-skepticism-became-a -pseudoscience-dr-christopher-labos/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240222T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240222T210000 DTSTAMP:20240125T175525 CREATED:20240125T175525 LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T231257 UID:20240222-1965@sitp.online SUMMARY:Tourette Syndrome: Sounds, movements and myths. – Adrienne Hill DESCRIPTION:During her presentation, Adrienne will delve into the myriad myths surrounding Tourette Syndrome, the intriguing TikTok Tics phenomenon that started during the pandemic, and the ps eudoscientific “cures” targeting vulnerable parents who seek to support their children. Be ready with pencil and pap er to experience what it is like to live with TS+. Adrienne, a retired […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/tourette-syndrome-sounds-movements- and-myths-adrienne-hill/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240125T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240125T210000 DTSTAMP:20231129T184018 CREATED:20231129T184018 LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T231217 UID:20240125-1880@sitp.online SUMMARY:Does life know about quantum mechanics? – Professor Jim Al -Khalili DESCRIPTION:Physicists and chemists are used to dealing with quantum mec hanics, but biologists have thus far got away without having to worry about this strange yet powerful theory of the suba tomic world. However, times are changing. There is now solid evidence that enzymes use quantum tunnelling to accelerate chemical reactions, while plants and bacteria use a [&hellip ;] URL:https://sitp.online/show/does-life-know-about-quantum-mechan ics-professor-jim-al-khalili/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231123T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231123T210000 DTSTAMP:20231025T200707 CREATED:20231025T200707 LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T210301 UID:20231123-1848@sitp.online SUMMARY:Do we need a new witchcraft? – Stevyn Colgan DESCRIPTION:Lockdown was a tough time for many. For freelancers like Ste vyn Colgan it meant loss of work and an uncertain future. An d so, with the world on hold, he decided to rethink the way he lived. Over the next two years he fixed his physical and mental health and became the happiest, fittest and healthies t […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/do-we-need-a-new-witchcraft-stevyn- colgan/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231026T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231026T210000 DTSTAMP:20231009T232520 CREATED:20231009T232520 LAST-MODIFIED:20231104T222502 UID:20231026-1841@sitp.online SUMMARY:Jewish Space Lasers – Mike Rothschild DESCRIPTION:For more than 200 years, the name “Rothschild” h as been synonymous with two things: great wealth, and conspi racy theories about what they’re “really doing&# 8221; with it. Almost from the moment Mayer Amschel Rothschi ld and his sons emerged from the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt to revolutionize the banking world, the Rothschild family ha s been the target […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/jewish-space-lasers-mike-rothschild / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230922T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230922T210000 DTSTAMP:20230905T114048 CREATED:20230905T114048 LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T143024 UID:20230922-1810@sitp.online SUMMARY:SkeptiCamp 2023 Livestream – A Day of Pre-QED Lightning Ta lks DESCRIPTION:See the full schedule here: https://sitp.online/skepticamp/s chedule The Skeptics in the Pub Online team are proud to be hosting this year’s traditional pre-QED Skepticamp at the Mercure Picadilly Hotel in Manchester on Friday, 22nd Septem ber. For those unfortunate souls who are unable to make it o n the day – all is not lost! We’re going to […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/skepticamp-2023-livestream-a-day-of -pre-qed-lightning-talks/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230824T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230824T210000 DTSTAMP:20230622T012011 CREATED:20230622T012011 LAST-MODIFIED:20230824T132321 UID:20230824-1741@sitp.online SUMMARY:A Dog’s World – Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World w ithout Humans – Jessica Pierce and Marc Bekoff DESCRIPTION:What would happen to dogs if humans simply disappeared? Woul d dogs be able to survive on their own without us? A Dog’s World imagines a posthuman future for dogs, revealing how d ogs would survive—and possibly even thrive—and explainin g how this new and revolutionary perspective can guide how w e interact with dogs now. Drawing on biology, […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/a-dogs-world-imagining-the-lives-of -dogs-in-a-world-without-humans-jessica-pierce-and-marc-beko ff/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230727T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230727T210000 DTSTAMP:20230622T011525 CREATED:20230622T011525 LAST-MODIFIED:20230622T011525 UID:20230727-1738@sitp.online SUMMARY:The Patriarchs – How Men Came to Rule – Angela Saini DESCRIPTION:Award-winning science journalist Angela Saini goes in search of the true roots of gendered oppression, uncovering a comp lex history of how male domination became embedded in societ ies and spread across the globe from prehistory into the pre sent. Travelling to the world’s earliest known human settl ements, analysing the latest research findings in science an d archaeology, and […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/the-patriarchs-how-men-came-to-rule -angela-saini/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230622T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230622T210000 DTSTAMP:20230531T210353 CREATED:20230531T210353 LAST-MODIFIED:20231104T222612 UID:20230622-1697@sitp.online SUMMARY:Lost and found in the Science of Emotion – Dr Dean Burnett DESCRIPTION:Why can’t we think straight when hungry? What’s the point of nightmares? And why can’t we forget embar rassing memories?Emotions can be a pain. After losing his da d to Covid-19, Dean Burnett found himself wondering what lif e would be like without them. And so, he decided to put his feelings under the microscope – for science. […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/lost-and-found-in-the-science-of-em otion-dr-dean-burnett/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230525T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230525T210000 DTSTAMP:20230508T130921 CREATED:20230508T130921 LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T221604 UID:20230525-1649@sitp.online SUMMARY:A critical perspective on what cognitive science can tell us about first impressions and stereotypes – Dr Lou Safra DESCRIPTION:In this talk, I will present the key findings on first impre ssions and stereotypes offered by cognitive science. By pres enting the main experimental designs that are used to produc t these results, I will question the limits and issues of th is research and discuss how we can ensure a safe use of thes e results Lou Safra […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/a-critical-perspective-on-what-cogn itive-science-can-tell-us-about-first-impressions-and-stereo types-dr-lou-safra/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230427T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230427T210000 DTSTAMP:20230413T183614 CREATED:20230413T183614 LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T221541 UID:20230427-1629@sitp.online SUMMARY:Women, Wellness, and Woo – Dr Alice Howarth DESCRIPTION:We all want to be well, right? Whether you’re a bit run do wn and just need a pick me up to get through the next workin g week, you’re suffering symptoms of a long-standing condi tion that you just can’t figure out or you’re reaching a n age where you want security in your long-term health.The w ellness industry […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/women-wellness-and-woo-dr-alice-how arth/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230413T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230413T210000 DTSTAMP:20230404T135029 CREATED:20230404T135029 LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T221520 UID:20230413-1623@sitp.online SUMMARY:Food Therapy: How our psychology affects how we eat – Pixi e Turner DESCRIPTION:How does food make you feel? We need food to survive, but of ten we don’t stop to think about why we eat the way we do. From birth, we are shaped by our early psychological en vironment, which ultimately affects what, where, when, and w hy we eat. Are your parents really to blame for everything? Can […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/food-therapy-how-our-psychology-aff ects-how-we-eat-pixie-turner/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230323T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230323T210000 DTSTAMP:20230306T210951 CREATED:20230306T210951 LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T221500 UID:20230323-1604@sitp.online SUMMARY:From f#ck to microorganism – why do words sound the way th ey do? – Dr Shiri Lev-Ari DESCRIPTION:One of the characteristics of language is that there is no r elationship between the way that words sound and their meani ng. For example, there is nothing window-like about the word window, and it is named with completely different sounds in other languages, from fenêtre in French to shubak in Arabi c. In this talk, I will […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/from-fck-to-microorganism-why-do-wo rds-sound-the-way-they-do-dr-shiri-lev-ari/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230309T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230309T210000 DTSTAMP:20230222T192523 CREATED:20230222T192523 LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T221435 UID:20230309-1562@sitp.online SUMMARY:The social and cultural factors influencing attitudes to abo rtion – Dr Lora Adair and Dr Nicole Lozano DESCRIPTION:Scientific approaches to understanding reproductive choice & #8211; the decision to have a child, the decision to termina te a pregnancy, etc. – typically position decision-mak ers as rational. Attention is paid to economic forces of cha nge (e.g., industrialisation, rising costs of living, global isation), to explain why people are having fewer children re lative to previous generations. What is […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/the-social-and-cultural-factors-inf luencing-attitudes-to-abortion-dr-lora-adair-and-dr-nicole-l ozano/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230223T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230223T210000 DTSTAMP:20230211T141710 CREATED:20230211T141710 LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T221414 UID:20230223-1549@sitp.online SUMMARY:Mental Health Pseudoscience on Social Media – Carrie Poppy DESCRIPTION:Trauma, gaslighting, narcs, multiple personalities, and the rest of the human mind. Where better to learn about these th ings than TikTok, Instagram and Twitter? Carrie Poppy (Oh No , Ross and Carrie) takes you on a tour of some of the most p opular social media pseudoscience, how to spot it, and what you can say when […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/mental-health-pseudoscience-on-soci al-media-carrie-poppy/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230209T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230209T210000 DTSTAMP:20230111T195207 CREATED:20230111T195207 LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T221353 UID:20230209-1477@sitp.online SUMMARY:Ivermectin for COVID-19: A Tale of Science Gone Wrong? – J ack Lawrence DESCRIPTION:The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a host of scientific trium phs but also numerous failures and declining reputations. On e such example is the antiparasitic medication ivermectin, w hich had previously gained a reputation as a highly effectiv e “wonder drug” but has since faced much controv ersy during the pandemic. Initially hailed as a potential mi racle cure for COVID-19, […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/ivermectin-for-covid-19-a-tale-of-s cience-gone-wrong-jack-lawrence/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230126T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230126T210000 DTSTAMP:20230111T193854 CREATED:20230111T193854 LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T221333 UID:20230126-1472@sitp.online SUMMARY:Building bridges – how to talk to conspiracy believers – Ulrike Schiesser DESCRIPTION:In the last two years conspiracy theories seemed to have spr ead like a different kind of virus even to people, we would never have expected to be susceptible. Discussions have been unavoidable and ugly, we lost friends, saw family members d rifting away and experienced an increasing radicalization. H ow to respond to conspiracy narratives? Why do […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/building-bridges-how-to-talk-to-con spiracy-believers-ulrike-schiesser/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230112T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230112T210000 DTSTAMP:20221208T182418 CREATED:20221208T182418 LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T221313 UID:20230112-1450@sitp.online SUMMARY:The Skeptics’ Guide to Vexillology – Dr Tom Williamson DESCRIPTION:Flags! They’re everywhere, from battlefields to Pride marc hes to the World Cup. But what secrets and mysteries do flag s hold? Why do some people get upset if you say Union Flag i nstead of Union Jack? Are remainers right when they say they want their star back? Why do the bad guys have such well-de signed flags? […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/the-skeptics-guide-to-vexillology-d r-tom-williamson/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221208T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221208T210000 DTSTAMP:20221106T193836 CREATED:20221106T193836 LAST-MODIFIED:20221208T182528 UID:20221208-1411@sitp.online SUMMARY:Why Sharks Matter: the Science and Policy of Saving Threaten ed Sharks – Dr David Shiffman DESCRIPTION:Sharks are some of the most fascinating, most ecologically i mportant, most threatened, and most misunderstood animals on Earth. More often feared than revered, their role as predat ors of the deep have earned them a reputation as a major thr eat to humans. But the truth is that sharks are not a danger to us—they’re in danger […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/why-sharks-matter-the-science-and-p olicy-of-saving-threatened-sharks-dr-david-shiffman/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221124T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221124T210000 DTSTAMP:20221106T193537 CREATED:20221106T193537 LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T221240 UID:20221124-1410@sitp.online SUMMARY:A history of human emotion – Richard Firth-Godbehere DESCRIPTION:We like to think of humans as rational creatures, who have r elied on calculation and intellect to survive. But many of t he most important moments in our history had little to do wi th cold, hard facts and a lot to do with feelings. Join Rich ard Firth-Godbehere explores a fascinating and wide-ranging tour of the central […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/a-history-of-human-emotion-richard- firth-godbehere/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221110T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221110T210000 DTSTAMP:20221106T193226 CREATED:20221106T193226 LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T221205 UID:20221110-1403@sitp.online SUMMARY:JWST: from launch to first science – Dr Emma Curtis-Lake DESCRIPTION:After an incredibly exciting release of images this summer, JWST has settled into science mode. This talk will take you on a journey from our own galaxy to the beginnings of the Un iverse via images from this incredible new telescope, highli ghting some interesting scientific discoveries along the way . Emma is a STFC Webb Fellow, which […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/jwst-from-launch-to-first-science-d r-emma-curtis-lake/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221028T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221028T210000 DTSTAMP:20221007T103008 CREATED:20221007T103008 LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T133034 UID:20221028-1372@sitp.online SUMMARY:SkeptiCamp Livestream – A Day of Pre-QED Lightning Talks DESCRIPTION:Find us in the Park Suite on the fourth floor of the Mercure , Manchester, and if you can’t make it, we’ll be livestreaming the event at twitch.tv/sitp from 11am UK time . The Skeptics in the Pub Online team are proud to be hostin g this year’s traditional pre-QED Skepticamp at the Me rcure Picadilly Hotel in Manchester […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/skepticamp-livestream-a-day-of-pre- qed-lightning-talks/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221006T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221006T210000 DTSTAMP:20220907T203718 CREATED:20220907T203718 LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T221135 UID:20221006-1307@sitp.online SUMMARY:Endless Forms: The secret world of wasps – Seirian Sumner DESCRIPTION:There’s a lot more to wasps than your stripy picnic friend : wasps matter to you and the world. There are five times mo re species of wasps than bees; there are wasps that have sex inside plants; there are wasps that turn cockroaches into z ombies. Wasps taught us how to make paper; wasps are archite cts, guardians […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/endless-forms-the-secret-world-of-w asps-seirian-sumner/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220922T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220922T210000 DTSTAMP:20220815T194029 CREATED:20220815T194029 LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T221114 UID:20220922-1068@sitp.online SUMMARY:Mathematical Intelligence: What we have that machines don’ t – Junaid Mubeen DESCRIPTION:There’s so much talk about the threat posed by intelli gent machines that it sometimes seems as though we should su rrender to our robot overlords now. But Junaid Mubeen isn 217;t ready to throw in the towel just yet. As far as he is concerned, we have the edge over machines because of a remar kable system of […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/mathematical-intelligence-what-we-h ave-that-machines-dont-junaid-mubeen/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220908T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220908T210000 DTSTAMP:20220815T192710 CREATED:20220815T192710 LAST-MODIFIED:20230531T221032 UID:20220908-1063@sitp.online SUMMARY:Was that just luck? The inconsistent world of superstition, privilege, and the illusion of control. – Aaron Rabinowitz DESCRIPTION:We all use the term ‘luck’ every day, but do we know what we mean when we say it? Research suggests that peo ple generally have nascent, internally inconsistent accounts of luck, and that accounts vary significantly across indivi duals and cultures. This variation and lack of consistent us age could have significant impacts on research about belief […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/was-that-just-luck-the-inconsistent -world-of-superstition-privilege-and-the-illusion-of-control -aaron-rabinowitz/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220825T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220825T210000 DTSTAMP:20220725T214831 CREATED:20220725T214831 LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T215727 UID:20220825-1049@sitp.online SUMMARY:Weird World of the Very Very Small – Dr Steve Barrett DESCRIPTION:How do we describe the world on a scale of atoms and molecul es? The concepts underlying quantum mechanics seem to be at odds with common sense, but quantum theory describes reality on the atomic scale. Dr Steve Barrett is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Liv erpool. His research […] URL:https://sitp.online/show/weird-world-of-the-very-very-small- dr-steve-barrett/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR