Once a month an invited presenter gives a talk on an area of science, technology, engineering or mathematics to the public at Kirkby SciBar
Kirkby SciBar is part of the North West Science Alliance network of SciBars. It meets on the third Tuesday of every month in Holy Angels Social Club, Sydney Powell Avenue, L32 0TP in Westvale. Kirkby SciBar is run by local volunteers.
Meetings run from 6.45pm for a 7pm start and finish at 9pm and all are welcome. The talks are accessible and suitable for older primary school children and all ages above.
Our next meet is:
- 17th March 2020 – WireWall
Our upcoming programme is:
- 19th May 2020 – Global Climate
You can contact Kirkby SciBar at: scibar@kirkbytown.net
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You can find out about science events from Science Live.
The location of Kirkby SciBar, and the nearby Liverpool and Widnes SciBars, can be seen here:
Past events have included:
- 21st January 2020 – Tribology of Spacecraft Mechanisms
- 26th November 2019 – Kirkby SciBar Quiz Night & Social
- 17th Septmeber 2019 – Materials to shape our vision: How advanced materials are fighting the loss of sight
- 16th July 2019 – The Strangeness of Tides around the UK
Kirkby SciBar used to be part of the British Science Association (BSA). As of 30th June 2019 the BSA has terminated its support of all of its former branches. The following links show the adverts for our meetings prior to this date:
- 18th June 2019 – How do you observe 1.33 billion cubic kilometers of ocean?
- 19th March 2019 – Disasters and Public Health in our changing world
- 19th February 2019 – The Asteroid Threat
- 20th November 2018 – The Life of Honey Bees
- 16th October 2018 – SciBar Quiz
- 18th September 2018 – Polar Opposites
- 18th July 2018 – Life in the age of ‘Fake Feet’: How did the human foot evolve and how can we make better prostheses?
- 19th June 2018 – Genomics in the Clinic: the Appliance of Science
- 15th May 2018 – Introduction to the Wonderful World of Spiders
- 20th March 2018 – Where Do We Come From?
- 20th February 2018 – 100 000 Genomes Project and the Transformation of the NHS
- 16th January 2018 – Nuclear Energy in the UK: Current Position and Future Prospects
- 21st November 2017 – Controlling Invasive Species (Ecology)
- 17th October 2017 – How Do I Know My Robot Is Safe?
- 19th September 2017 – Nano-Medicine, can small particles solve big Problems?
- 15th August 2017 – The Case For and Against Fracking
- 15th July 2017 – The Mersey Gateway Project
- 20th June 2017 – Investigation of Poisoning: Drugs, Death and some Rock ‘n’ Roll
- 16th May 2017 – Quantum Entanglement
- 18th April 2017 – Reasoning Machines – Could a Machine ‘Think’?
- 21st March 2017 – Breath of Fresh Air
- 21st February 2017 – Using the Force: How do Cells Feel their Environment?
- 17th January 2017 – Hidden Science of the How the Mind Really Works
- 20th December 2016 – Drones
- 15th November 2016 – If it isn’t Dark, does it Matter?
- 18th October 2016 – Slicing Pizzas & Counting Pizzas
- 6th September 2016 – Challenger @ SciBar – Marine Science Special!
- 16th August 2016 – Regulating Ageing and the Quest for Immortality
- 19th July 2016 – How does United Utilities Treat Your Sewage?
- 19th April 2016 – Zika Virus: Separating Fact from Fiction – read the LSTM news article
- 15th February 2016 – The causes of extreme weather in the UK and Europe
- 19th July 2016 – Climate Change
- 8th December 2015 – Polar Opposites
- 17th November 2015 – Power Electronics – Enabling Sustainability
- 20th October 2015 – Make Mine a Half
- 7th July 2015 – Oceanography: from Microbes to Global Climate