Free science and nature events
Public lectures and hands-on events on how the natural world works: physics and space, chemistry, mathematics, biology, evolution and the living world.
233 upcoming events, 67 of them you can join online
Coming up
Events 1–20 of 229, soonest first
Tuesday 27 October
- 3:00 PM in the UKIn person
Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Daniel Shiu (Manchester)
University of Manchester · Frank Adams 1, Alan Turing Building, Manchester
Speaker: Daniel Shiu (Manchester)
- 3:00 PM-4:00 PM in the UKIn person
Nelder Fellow lecture series – Prof Ed Bueler (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
Department of Mathematics, Nelder Fellow Lecture Series · Huxley Building, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
Prof Ed Bueler (University of Alaska Fairbanks): New solver approaches for variational inequalities
- 3:00 PM-4:00 PM in the UKIn person and online
SPC Seminar – Plasma – Farhat Beg (UCSD)
Space Physics, Atmospheric physics, Plasma Physics · Blackett Building, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
Speaker: Farhat Beg (UCSD)
- 3:00 PM-4:00 PM in the UKIn person
Stochastic Analysis Seminar – Tobias Grafke (University of Warwick)
Mathematics of Planet Earth, Stochastic Analysis Seminars · Huxley Building, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
Tobias Grafke
- 4:45 PM-5:45 PM in the UKIn person and online
IoO Seminar Series with Steve Fliesler
University College London · IoO Main Lecture Theatre - UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London, EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom
Title: Keeping an Eye on Cholesterol Pathway Defects: Lessons from Animal Model Studies.
- 6:00 PM-8:00 PM in the UKIn person
Mission Money - A LEGO Space Adventure! (Derry/Londonderry Campus)
Ulster University · Ulster University, Derry-Londonderry Campus, Northern Ireland
Blast off into a LEGO® adventure where families explore money, budgeting, saving and decision-making through LEGO® Serious Play®. Children and adults aged 6–99 will…
- 6:00 PM-7:30 PM in the UKIn person
Zombies: Fact or Fiction - Should we prepare for a Zombie Apocalypse?
Queen Mary University of London · Centre of the Cell, Whitechapel
Zombie apocalypse: a popular science fiction theme, but could it really happen? We already know that viruses can change human behaviour, but how far could this go – is a human rage virus possible?…
- 2:30 PM-3:30 PM in BostonIn person
Physical Math Seminar
Department of Mathematics · Building 2, 449, 182 MEMORIAL DR, Cambridge, MA 02139
Speaker: Olivia Pomerenk (Brown University)
- 4:00 PM in ProvidenceIn person
Probability Seminar Presents Graeme Baker (Columbia)
Applied Mathematics · 170 Hope Street
Title: (Super)critical reflected Brownian motion in the orthant: breakdown and continuation
- 3:30 PM in CaliforniaIn person
Applied Physics/Physics Colloquium: Matthew P.A. Fisher - "Emergence of Hydrodynamics from Open Quantum Dynamics"
Applied Physics/Physics Colloquium · Hewlett Teaching Center, 201, 370 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Abstract: Hydrodynamics provides a remarkably universal description of matter in terms of a few continuous fields. But how does this continuum description emerge from the dynamics of discrete quantum…
- 7:00 PM-8:00 PM in CaliforniaIn person and online
Public Lecture: Gravitational Wave Detection
KIPAC · Sapp Center for Science Teaching and Learning, 111, 376 Lomita Dr, Stanford, CA 94305
How do we detect tiny stretches of spacetime? Join us to learn how sensitive instruments are built to enable scientific discoveries!
Wednesday 28 October
- 9:30 AM-11:00 AM in MelbourneOnline
MACSYS Online Seminar: Global mapping of genetic interactions in yeast and human cells reveals conserved principles of genetic networks
Faculty of Science
MACSYS is honoured to present Prof Brenda Andrews, a globally recognised pioneer in large scale genetics & cell biology research. Professor Andrews’ lab has been at the forefront of research aimed at…
- 6:00 PM-7:00 PM in CanberraIn person
Public lecture by Veritasium’s Dr Derek Muller
Australian National University · Cinema, Lowitja O’Donoghue Cultural Centre, 153 University Avenue
Public lecture by Veritasium’s Dr Derek Muller.
- 10:00 AM-4:00 PM in the UKIn person
Family Fun Day: Fossils and Fiction
University of Birmingham · Lapworth Museum, Birmingham, B15 2TT
Discover a world of rocks, monsters and stories this Halloween at the Lapworth Museum's family fun event.
- 11:00 AM-12:30 PM in the UKIn person
Exploring Environmental Philosophy via the folklore of plants
University of York · Berrick Saul Building, Campus West
Join Clare for a guided walk and talk to explore the folklore and history of native and naturalised plants growing in Britain and how humans have connected with them through the centuries.
- 12:00 PM-1:00 PM in LausanneIn person
From Single Cells to Single Individuals: Learning from Heterogeneity in Cell Fate Decisions
EPFL · SV 1717
Abstract: Transcription factors (TFs) are key cell fate regulators. Combining CRISPR with single cell genomics readouts allows us to study their causal role in cell fate specification at scale, for…
- 12:00 PM-1:00 PM in Zurich
IBC-Seminar Prof. Ivan Robert Nabi - “Caveolae, scaffolds and the cellular response to altered membrane tension: Structure/function analysis using single molecule super resolution microscopy”
ETH Zurich
Prof. Ivan Robert Nabi- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- 12:15 PM-1:15 PM in LausanneIn person and online
BMI Distinguished Seminar // Gisella Vetere: From Memory Consolidation to Generalization: The Dynamic Evolution of Memory Engrams
EPFL · SV 1717
Memories are not static representations but evolve over time through consolidation and their progressive reorganization across distributed brain networks.
- 12:00 PM-12:45 PM in the UKIn person
Zoology Museum Tour 12:00-12:45 (28 Oct) HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
University of Aberdeen · Zoology Museum
Brought to you by students from the Zoology and Biological Sciences Society.
- 2:00 PM-3:00 PM in the UKIn person and online
IoO Seminar Series with Jenny Bosten
University College London · IoO Main Lecture Theatre - UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London, EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom
Title: Do you see what I see? Genes, cones and colour perception.
On now: exhibitions and series
Running over several weeks.
- Helios by Luke Jerram · University of Birminghamuntil Friday 13 November
- Breathing Bodies · University of Aberdeenuntil Sunday 22 November
- Geological Society of Glasgow Lectures · University of Glasgowuntil Thursday 8 April 2027
- October half term at Jodrell Bank! · University of Manchesteruntil Sunday 1 November
Recently held
The kind of science and nature events universities open to the public. These have finished.
- Tue 27 OctPast eventComputation in State Space: What Populations Do That Single Neurons Don't · University of Fribourg
- Tue 27 OctPast eventCoSy seminar with Lubos Pick 27/10 · Uppsala University
- Tue 27 OctPast eventDepartment of Mathematics - Seminar on Applied Mathematics - Recent developments on an Active Flux-type method: The PAMPA Scheme · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Tue 27 OctPast eventDynamical Systems Seminar – George Stepaniants · Imperial College London
- Tue 27 OctPast eventFinance and Stochastics Seminar – Emilio Barucci · Imperial College London
Where these events come from
- Imperial College London (33)
- EPFL (23)
- ETH Zurich (22)
- Rice University (18)
- Brown University (15)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (12)
- California Institute of Technology (10)
- University of Aberdeen (8)
And 39 more universities: see them all in the catalogue.