Tickets for June’s PubSci have been available on Eventbrite for a week, and 50% have been snapped up already.
At June’s PubSci, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology & Toxicology and Director of the National Programme on Substance Use Mortality at King’s College, London, Dr Caroline Copeland will talk about the tensions between the epidemiology, pharmacology and toxicology of recreational drugs and the laws that regulate public access to them.
On Wednesday 17th June, Caroline will examine to what extent drugs policy is really informed by the science, and consider how a truly data-driven policy might differ from the UK’s current laws. Full information is on our Next Event page – or you can just head straight to Eventbrite to book your place ASAP.
Note, England’s first football World Cup [men’s] game takes place the same night, but only kicks off at 9pm, after PubSci finishes. We’ll aim to wrap up by 8.45 so footy fans can be downstairs in time for the kick-off.
Another radio show to delight your ears
Episode of The Science Show was broadcast on Monday 1st June and is available to stream now as a podcast. In this show:
• George Holdaway joins me to discuss the latest science news including: How fungi can trigger ice and rain; the perilous state of Antarctic ice; NASA’s moon base plans; Pluto and Plutino; and String Theory emerging from nowhere
• George and I take a Random Walk from Mercury to Murder via Evangelista Torricelli, Toxic Hats, and Tycho Brahe.
• Dr Parry Hashemi from Imperial College London talks neurotransmitters, brain organoids, and turning serotonin into music.
• Plus details of the best science-related events in London and beyond – including this weekend’s Great Exhibition Road Festival where Dr Hashemi’s team has an amazing interactive installation that allows you to listen to happiness in the brain! – and, as always on the truly unique Science Show, we throw in some excellent music for good measure.
Stream it here https://tinyurl.com/TheScienceShow-Episode-8
And I’m delighted to say that, within days up release, Show 8 has shot to the top of the Science charts and is ranked 31 among all podcasts on Mixcloud! A huge Thank You to those who listen in live or stream the podcast. If you haven’t yet, you can find out what you’ve been missing at https://www.mixcloud.com/The_Science_Show/
July’s PubSci
The first World Cup semi-final kicks off on Wednesday 15th July at 8pm – bang in the middle of PubSci. Unfortunately this means there will be no PubSci at the Old King’s Head on 15th July 2026. It’s only fair to our accommodating landlord Greg as he can pack 60 more footy fans into the the upstairs room and they’ll spend even more than PubSci does — especially if England reaches that semi-final.
I’ve been working on a fantastic event at an alternative venue later in July, but comms have gone a bit quiet on that so I can’t promise anything yet. Hopefully I’ll have some good news for you by 17th June though. These changes and uncertainties are the reason I haven’t published a new events programme, but rest assured, I’ll be putting everything in PubSci’s events’s calendar in good time and will get a programme out when I have a moment of time. (In case anybody isn’t aware, running PubSci isn’t a paid role – and there’s no external funding – so me earning a living has to take priority at times!).
Anyhoo, I’ll be back with an update soon. Meanwhile, I hope to see you all on 17th June.
Richard (Science communicator and PubSci organiser/host)
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