News
Society news items, lecture reviews, and reports of member events
Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system
Published: 24th March 2025
Society News
Professor Nikku Madhusudhan who spoke to the Society in our last session discovers potential ‘tipping point’ for life beyond our […]
Society News
Members’ visit to a sister organisation, the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society, May 2025
Published: 24th March 2025
Society News
The 223rd AGM took place on March 19th, the final meeting for this session.
Published: 24th March 2025
Lecture Reviews
Locusts, plagues and other disasters: why we’re made to survive adversity - Professor Helen Minnis
Published: 3rd February 2025
Lecture Reviews
The British Constitution: the last ten years and the next fifty - Lord Sumption
Published: 9th December 2024
Lecture Reviews
The Hycean Paradigm in the Search for Life Elsewhere - Professor Nikku Madhusudhan
Published: 22nd November 2024
Lecture Reviews
From Black Holes to Quantum Computers - Prof Marika Taylor
Published: 11th November 2024
Lecture Reviews
Burning the Books: knowledge under attack from Ancient Assyria to the age of AI - Richard Ovenden
Published: 10th October 2024
Lecture Reviews
The Exquisite Machine: The New Science of the Heart - Prof Sian Harding
Published: 20th March 2024
Lecture Reviews
Towards a Public Bio-Ethics - Prof Sarah Cunningham-Burley
Published: 6th March 2024