Oct 09:  ‘Trust me,  I’m a Doctor’ with Bob

Oct 23:  Space telescopes with John

Nov 13:  Top 3 spices

Nov 27:  Gemstones

Oct 09:  ‘Trust me,  I’m a Doctor’ with Bob

Oct 23:  Thalidomide – History and science

Nov 13:  Top 3 spices – History, chemistry & usage

Nov 27:  Gemstones

The Technology and Science group starts the new
season with the following topics:

Sep 11th : White Mountain – The asbestos story

Sep 25th : Chocolate – chemistry and manufacture

Meetings are 2.30 – 4 pm. at Kensington House

We are always looking for presenters and topics so if you have some thing that you feel might be of interest please contact Colin or Phil 

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

Gut Inflammation Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease, Once Again!

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