Imperial Lates: Weird Science

Thursday 6 February | 18.0021.00

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A map of the Imperial Lates event

Talks

22 The weirdest thing in the universe

18.3019.20

23 What's so exciting about quantum tech?

20.00–20.45

12 Our dark and weird universe

18.30–18.55, 19.30–19.55 and 20.30–20.55

10 Tales of the scientifically unexpected

18.35–18.55: How plants choose their underground friends (Eleonora Moratto)
19.05–19.25: Machine intelligence inspired by slime (Madalina Sas)
19.40–20.00: Teaching with dead bodies (Fanny Mozu-Simpson and Lydia Boynton)
20.20–20.40: Why birds swapped snouts for beaks (Arkhat Abzhanov)

A man and a woman with microphones speaking to an audience
Two women smiling as one writes something down

Workshops

9 Butterfly carnival costumes

18.30–19.10, 19.25–20.05 and 20.20–21.00

11 Insect yoga

18.45–19.15, 19.30–20.00 and 20.15–20.45

13 Quantum silent disco

18.30–19.00, 19.25–19.55 and 20.20–20.50

14 Weird maths valentine cards

Exhibits

1 The strange diet of the world’s most bizarre-looking bats

2 The continuous popcorn-making machine

3 More than skin deep: a new test for vaccines

4 Reflections in time

5 Quantum pong

6 Cooling objects by measuring... nothing

7 Set sail for the stars

8 Mushroom ballet

Join us by the DJ booth at 20.30

15 Bone glue

16 Recipes for artificial organs

17 Reprogrammed skin

18 Do mosquitos find you tasty?

19 Living colour lab

20 Devices that talk to your brain

21 The medical alerts in your shopping basket

A woman wearing a VR headset and smiling softly
A group of people dancing and wearing headphones

Timed events

9 Butterfly carnival costumes

18.30–19.10, 19.25–20.05 and 20.20–21.00

12 Our dark and weird universe

18.30–18.55, 19.30–19.55 and 20.30–20.55

13 Quantum silent disco

18.30–19.00, 19.25–19.55 and 20.20–20.50

22 The weirdest thing in the universe

18.30–19.20

10 Tales of the scientifically unexpected

18.35–18.55: How plants choose their underground friends (Eleonora Moratto)
19.05–19.25: Machine intelligence inspired by slime (Madalina Sas)
19.40–20.00: Teaching with dead bodies (Fanny Mozu-Simpson and Lydia Boynton)
20.20–20.40: Why birds swapped snouts for beaks (Arkhat Abzhanov)

11 Insect yoga

18.45–19.15, 19.30–20.00 and 20.15–20.45

23 What's so exciting about quantum tech?

20.00–20.45

8 Mushroom ballet

Join us by the DJ booth at 20.30

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