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

Future topics – all welcome

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