http://www.thersa.org RSA RSS Feed : Current Events en-gb http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/x-and-the-city-the-mathematics-of-urban-life John A. Adam reveals unusual insights into how cities work, and the important role maths plays in underpinning the metropolitan landscape and shaping modern urban life.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAmaths ]]> 2012-05-17 13:00:00 http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/x-and-the-city-the-mathematics-of-urban-life http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/nhs-foundation-trusts-a-model-for-the-future Rt Hon Francis Maude MP and Foundation Trust Network chief executive Sue Slipman discuss new models of public service provision.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAhealth ]]> 2012-05-17 18:00:00 http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/nhs-foundation-trusts-a-model-for-the-future http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/subliminal-the-new-unconscious-and-what-it-teaches-us-about-ourselves Leonard Mlodinow as he nravels the mysteries of the unconscious mind, and shows its remarkable and unexpectedly powerful effect on all aspects of our lives.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAsubliminal ]]> 2012-05-21 18:00:00 http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/subliminal-the-new-unconscious-and-what-it-teaches-us-about-ourselves http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/time-warped Claudia Hammond draws on the latest research to shed light on the mysteries of time perception.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAtime ]]> 2012-05-24 13:00:00 http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/time-warped http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/can-britain-be-an-industrial-powerhouse-in-the-21st-century Damian Collins MP, Jo Johnson MP and David Smith.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSATLG ]]> 2012-05-24 18:30:00 http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/can-britain-be-an-industrial-powerhouse-in-the-21st-century http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/climate-engineering-in-the-anthropocene Clive Hamilton explores the far-reaching implications of geoengineering—the intentional, enduring, large-scale manipulation of the Earth’s climate system.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAclimate ]]> 2012-05-31 13:00:00 http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/climate-engineering-in-the-anthropocene http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/the-moral-molecule Paul J. Zak reveals how a single chemical governs all of our morality and behaviour.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAZak ]]> 2012-05-31 18:00:00 http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/the-moral-molecule http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/the-antidote Oliver Burkeman offers an alternative "negative path" to happiness and success that involves embracing the things we spend our lives trying to avoid.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAantidote ]]> 2012-06-07 13:00:00 http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/the-antidote http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/the-new-few Ferdinand Mount asks: Why has Britain become more unequal over the past thirty years? And how can we restore our democracy, bring back real accountability to British business and fairness to our society?
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #newfew ]]> 2012-06-13 18:00:00 http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/the-new-few http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/connectome-how-the-brains-wiring-makes-us-who-we-are Sebastian Seung argues that our identity lies not in our genes but in the connections between our brain cells – and he describes the monumental task of mapping these “connectomes”, neuron by neuron, synapse by synapse.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSASeung ]]> 2012-06-14 13:00:00 http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/connectome-how-the-brains-wiring-makes-us-who-we-are http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/how-much-is-enough Robert and Edward Skidelsky argue that wealth is not an end in itself but a means to the achievement and maintenance of a 'good life', and that our economy should be organised to reflect this fact.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAenough ]]> 2012-06-21 13:00:00 http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/how-much-is-enough http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/are-genes-us Donna Dickenson, professor of medical ethics and humanities at Birkbeck College takes aim at the simplistic view that genes command and we obey.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAgenes ]]> 2012-06-28 13:00:00 http://www.thersa.org/events/our-events/are-genes-us