Perthshire Society of Natural Science
Environment, Nature and Cultural Heritage.
For the fifth in this series of Curious Minds lectures, Dr Delma Childers (University of Aberdeen) spoke to us about “killer fungi”. Fungal diseases are an under-appreciated global health threat that are responsible for more than a million deaths per Continue reading Curious Minds 8.5: Inside the World of Killer Fungi
Dr Rob Armstrong (University of St Andrews) gave us a very informative talk about research into battery chemistry – from the history of early NiCd and Li-ion battery designs through LFP and on to sodium-based chemistry options, with a view Continue reading Curious Minds 8: Video: Next-Generation Batteries
For the first talk in our 8th Curious Minds season, Professor Bill Austin from St Andrews spoke about “Blue Carbon”. Oceans absorb 30% of our CO2 emissions and 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases. But some marine habitats Continue reading First Curious Minds Season 8 Lecture: Blue Carbon
Irene Halliburton will talk about the process of drug discovery and progress towards a treatment for Malaria at the University of Dundee.
We all enjoyed Sabine’s talk on Peruvian culture. She has kindly provided handouts of her talk. The first handout is a short description of Sabine’s research into clearances of the indigenous population from their agricultural land by Estate owners. There Continue reading More about Peru from Dr Sabine Dedenbach Salazar
Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar is an expert in Latin American studies at Stirling University. She is going to tell us about two fascinating aspects of the indigenous Peruvian culture: the well-know use of Coca leaves and the less-well-known history of the Peruvian Continue reading Curious Minds: Dr Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar talks about the cultures of the Peruvian Andes
We have a really interesting talk coming up this week. Dr Steve Brusatte, of the University of Edinburgh, is going to tell us about the discovery of Dinosaur fossils on Skye. Friday 18th November. 7:30pm in the Souter Theatre, A Continue reading Curious Minds: Dinosaurs on Skye
On Friday 28th October Matthew Jarron, Curator of Dundee University Museum, will give the second “Curious Minds” talk of the season. Matthew will talk about one of the most remarkable Scottish academics of all time, D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson. Thomson was Continue reading “Curious Minds”: Matthew Jarron will talk about D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson
Mike Robinson, CEO of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, gave the introductory talk in the “Curious Minds” lecture series last night. Mike reviewed the evidence for man-made climate change and discussed some of the options that could help avert a Continue reading Mike Robinson talk at “Curious Minds”
