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PREVIOUS SCIENCE GROUP PROGRAMMES

2025
DateTopicPresenter
Friday 24th January -POSTPONED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER FORECAST
Friday 28th FebruaryDevelopment of life on Earth - part 2Trevor Robinson
Friday 28th MarchCosmologyTrevor Robinson
Friday 25th AprilNASA and Science (Change to original programme)Trevor Robinson
Friday 23rd MaySpace Shuttle Challenger DisasterMaureen Sayers
Friday 23rd JuneMeteorologyTrevor Robinson
Friday 28th JulyCriminologyCathy Robinson
AugustNo meeting
Friday 26th SeptemberOtzi the IcemanAnne McMillan
Friday 24th OctoberMeteorologyTrevor Robinson
Friday 28th NovemberCriminologyCathy Robinson
Friday 26th DecemberNo meeting
2024TopicPresenter
Friday 26th JanuaryExtinction Events in the past 500 million yearsTrevor Robinson
Friday 23rd FebruaryForensic ScienceCathy Robinson
Friday 22nd MarchHuman exploration of the Moon - past, present and future programmesTrevor Robinson
Friday 26th AprilDevelopments in Modern Veterinary ScienceStuart Morris, of Alnwick Vets Morris and Plumley
Friday 24th MayFundamental Particles - the elementary building blocks of the UniverseTrevor Robinson
Friday 28th JuneNo meeting
Friday 26th JulyForensic Science Part 2Cathy Robinson
AugustSummer Break
Friday 27th SeptemberNo meeting
Friday 25th OctoberCubeSats - small satellites that give relatively cheap ways to get experiments launched into space - this will include a review of a project to design and launch a CubeSat towards and beyond MarsTrevor Robinson
Friday 22nd NovemberDevelopment of life on Earth -
part 1
Trevor Robinson
Friday 27th DecemberChristmas Break
2023
DATESUBJECTPRESENTER
27th JanuaryDNA - discovery, various aspects of how it works, and its use in criminologyTrevor Robinson
24th FebruaryPsychology of eyewitnesses in criminal investigationsCathy Robinson
24th MarchExoplanets (the 2021 presentation, but considerably updated, including Exolife)Trevor Robinson
28th AprilThe Science of EspionageTrevor Robinson
26th MayBlack Holes, Gravity Waves and X-ray Binary StarsTrevor Robinson
23rd JuneOtzi, the IcemanAnne McMillan
28th JulyPlagues and PandemicsTrevor Robinson
AugustNo meeting
14th SeptemberCancelled
OctoberTrips to Kielder Observatory have now all been booked
27th OctoberQuantum Theory - without (almost) equations and difficult sumsTrevor Robinson
24th NovemberBiological Explanation for Criminal BehaviourCathy Robinson
22nd DecemberNo meeting
2022
DATESUBJECTPRESENTER
28th JanuaryLeaves - please bring a magnifying glass if you have oneDoris Hinshaw
25th FebruaryProject Apollo 50 years on (with extras including a real piece of Apollo 11, and some Moon rock)Trevor Robinson
29th MarchGroup visit to Kielder Observatory
22nd AprilMeeting cancelled due to illness
27th MayMeeting cancelled due to illness
24th JunePsychological Effects of ImprisonmentCathy Robinson
22nd JulyStellar life cycles – the birth and death of stars (and the bits in between)Trevor Robinson
AugustNo meeting
30th SeptemberNo meeting
28th OctoberLunar and Mars Rovers - looking around without astronauts (mainly)Trevor Robinson
25th NovemberMeeting cancelled due to illness
23rd DecemberNo meeting
2021
DATESUBJECTPRESENTER
JanuaryNo meeting
26th FebruaryExoplanetsTrevor Robinson
26th MarchA real-time virtual tour of Kielder ObservatoryTrevor Robinson
23rd AprilBiological Explanations of Criminal BehaviourCathy Robinson
28th MayThe Moons of Jupiter and Saturn – Part 1 John Godfrey
25th JuneGeology and salt caverns under the North SeaPhD student from Newcastle Uni
23rd JulyThe Moons of Jupiter and Saturn – PART 2 John Godfrey
August No meeting
24th SeptemberStellar life cycles – the birth and death of stars (and the bits in between)Trevor Robinson
22nd OctoberQuantum Theory Stanley Trafford
26th NovemberCriminal ProfilingCathy Robinson
24th DecemberNo meeting