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STING 27 (Statistical Inference on Networks and Graphs) Workshop
Stochastic transport in upper ocean dynamics, Statistics · 170 Queens Gate, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
See workshop updates at: https://sites.google.com/view/sting2027/home
1:00 PM-2:00 PM in the UKIn person
Teaching Seminar: Prof Ian Jones (Loughborough University)
Teaching Seminars · Huxley Building, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
Speaker: Prof Ian Jones (Loughborough University)

6:00 PM in the UKIn person
Building with Magnets: The Mathematics of Repulsion and Attraction
Gresham College · Barnard's Inn Hall
To the wonder of children, magnets stick together. What will be the shape and properties of an object made of many magnets? Starting from simple experiments with magnetic beads, this lecture explores…

6:10 PM in the UK
2026 Nobel Prize Symposium: A conversation with our professors
Royal Holloway, University of London
This event is an interdisciplinary panel where Royal Holloway professors break down the 2026 Nobel Prizes for a general audience.

5:15 PM-6:15 PM in the UKIn person
Holmes Lecture for Children (10-14-year-olds): How to see the invisible Universe
Newcastle University · Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University | Get directions
For group bookings, please email [email address on the event page] or telephone our booking voicemail line 0191 208 6136.
7:00 PM in the UKIn person
The Chaotic Solar System
Gresham College · Conway Hall
As the European/Japanese Bepi Columbo mission arrives at Mercury, beginning its mission of exploration of this scorching, enigmatic world, this lecture considers some big mysteries. How did the Moon…
7:30 PM-8:30 PM in PasadenaIn person
Watson Lecture - Linda Spilker: Explore interstellar space and the solar system
California Institute of Technology · Beckman Auditorium, Caltech, Pasadena
Celebrate the extraordinary ingenuity of the Voyager and Cassini missions and how they have dramatically expanded our knowledge of the outer solar system and interstellar space with JPL's Linda…

6:00 PM in the UKIn person
Dance of the Droplets: Earth’s Freshwater Carousel and How It Is Changing
Gresham College · Barnard's Inn Hall
Earth is a wet planet, kept alive by a flowing mosaic of water molecules. Almost all of that water is held in the salty ocean, but once it evaporates from the ocean surface and leaves the salt behind…

5:30 PM-6:30 PM in the UKIn person
Cooperation in Nature - Professor Stuart West, University of Oxford
University of Cambridge · Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue
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12:00 PM-1:00 PM in the UKIn person and online
Imperial Fungal Science Network | Seminar Series | Keynote Speaker – Dr Mike Bottery, The University of Manchester
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, School of Public Health, Department of Bioengineering, National Heart and Lung Institute, Centre for Bacterial Resistance Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Institute of Infection, Fungal Science Network · Flowers Building, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom
The Imperial Fungal Science Network is a hub for the mycology community, providing a leadership, advocacy and communications platform for mycologists and a developmental framework for future leaders…

5:30 PM-6:30 PM in the UKIn person
From Innovative Crop Pest Management by Pheromones to Approaching Sustainability in Food Production and Beyond - Professor John Pickett CBE FRS, Professor of Biological Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at Cardiff University.
University of Cambridge · Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry
Early identification of sex related pheromones of agricultural pests opened similar opportunities for insect vectors of human pathogens. Although small molecules, sophistication in structural…

5:30 PM-6:30 PM in the UKIn person
The Magic of Magnetism - Professor Russell Cowburn, University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge · Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue
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7:30 PM-8:30 PM in PasadenaIn person
Watson Lecture - Woody Fischer: Earth science, climate and geobiology
California Institute of Technology · Beckman Auditorium, Caltech, Pasadena
Explore how life learned to acquire carbon and how this gives us the ability to better predict future global change with Woody Fischer.

5:30 PM-6:30 PM in the UKIn person
Two Scientific Giants: Laplace, Gauss and the Law of Errors - Professor Thomas Körner, Emeritus Professor of Fourier Analysis at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge · Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry
Laplace is sometimes described as the “French Newton". He is best known as a physicist, but he was a polymath and he also played a key part in the development of probability theory.

7:00 PM in the UKIn person
Cloudy, with a Chance of Orange Rain
Gresham College · Conway Hall
Life on Earth is possible because of our planet's hospitable atmosphere. As we've explored the Solar System, we've come to realise just how valuable it is.This lecture looks at what we've learned…

6:00 PM in the UKIn person
Energy, Energy, Everywhere: Tapping into Earth’s Natural Energy Systems
Gresham College · Barnard's Inn Hall
Around 80% of our global energy (including transport and industry as well as electricity) currently comes from fossil fuels. This energy was collected by plants over millions of years and stored…

3:00 PM in ProvidenceIn person
Physics Colloquium featuring Long Ju, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Physics · Barus and Holley
The Department of Physics is pleased to present a colloquium featuring Long Ju of MIT.

6:00 PM in the UKIn person
Play it Again Ludwig: Waves, Strings, and the Stradivarius
Gresham College · Barnard's Inn Hall
The production of sound by a musical instrument is a process of great beauty and mystery. What makes a sound deep or rich? How does it depend on the size of the instrument and the way it is made.

5:30 PM-6:30 PM in the UKIn person
Through the Lens of a Bee: From the Past to the Future - Professor Mark Brown, Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology and Director of the University Museum of Zoology
University of Cambridge · Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry
Bumblebees have become flag-bearers for insect conservation. Their role as pollinators makes them a key ecosystem service provider, their global declines make them an exemplar of insect declines more…

4:00 PM in ProvidenceIn person and online
Computational Biology Seminar: Jazlyn Mooney (USC)
Center for Computational Molecular Biology (CCMB) · 164 Angell Street
Join the Center for Computational Molecular Biology (CCMB) for a research seminar with Dr. Jazlyn Mooney (University of Southern California)