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SCOTTISH IDENTITY DISCUSSION
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Why do some people seem to drive a highly tuned Rolls Royce brain while others potter along with a merely serviceable Ford Fiesta? Are intelligence differences caused by genes or the environment? Does intelligence decline or increase as we grow older? Join Prof Ian Deary to explore what psychologists have discovered about how and why people differ in their thinking powers.
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Join our panel of experts for an interactive discussion on the ways our surroundings can affect our mental health and wellbeing. Prof Jamie Pearce, Dr Niamh Shortt, Prof Steve Platt and Prof Catharine Ward Thompson from The University of Edinburgh, Prof Sarah Curtis from Durham University and other experts will explore a range of factors, from the built environment and access to green spaces, to the local labour market, neighbourhood social interaction and community cohesion.
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The Lothian Birth Cohort is the longest running study on cognitive ageing and the brain, analysing the intelligence of people born in Scotland in 1921 and 1936. Join researchers in this interactive event in association with the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Epidemiology at The University of Edinburgh to discover how childhood mental capacity affects health and cognition in later life.
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Ensuring everyone has enough to eat is one of the biggest global challenges. This interactive discussion investigates the kind of agriculture and food systems that can provide the food and resources we need, drawing on the expertise of Prof Johnathan Napier, Associate Director for Crop Science at Rothamsted Research, and experts in policy and food sustainability to give you some food for thought.
CHEESEOLOGY 2.0 SPECIAL EVENT
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What does it mean to be and/or feel Scottish? What contributes to our sense of national identity? Ethnicity? Culture? Religion? Politics? Psychology? What does science have to say about national identity? Join poet and novelist James Robertson in a discussion exploring the Scottish self. Part of Who Do You Think You Are? a series of standalone events featuring scientists, authors and artists discussing the nature of identity and self as provoked by the play, A Number by Caryl Churchill (p49). This talk will take place prior to the evening’s performance. EDINBURGH SKEPTICS AT THE SCIENCE FESTIVAL GIRL IN THE MACHINE ISAAC'S EYE FASLANE Our vast pool of medical data is becoming a tangled mess. This is where AI systems come in, finding patterns and unseen connections to provide patients with the best standard of care. In this event chaired by healthcare journalist Pennie Taylor, the Scottish Government's National Clinical Director Jason Leitch joins healthcare technology and AI expert Thomas Balkizas from IBM Watson Health to discover the possibilities. There are 92 naturally occurring elements in the periodic table but how many of them would you need to make a human? The chemical formula for a human has some surprising inclusions and the recipe to make a fully functioning person is carefully balanced. Join chemist and science communicator Dr Kathryn Harkup to look at some interesting facts about the elements that make us what we are. The science of cheese is back! Join us on a tutored tasting journey that will transform your understanding of the scientific processes and sometimes innovative technologies that are used to produce cheese in its many delicious varieties. Presented by self-confessed curd nerd Patrick McGuigan, author of The Cheese Chap blog, in conversation with dairy technologist Paul Thomas. A NUMBER