Twilight science

Join us for an exclusive preview of the Summer Science Exhibition, packed full of exciting, interactive exhibits and events. Meet some of the best scientists working in the UK and discuss their cutting-edge research over a drink.

Your changing brain: from neurons to Nerf guns
6.00pm - 9.30pm
Can an old dog learn new tricks? In the neuro-learning zone discover how rapidly your brain can learn new relationships, how your eyes work together and how the brain changes with age.

Marching desert dunes: avalanche, bury and disappear
6.30pm - 7pm
What lies beneath a desert sand dune? Whatever is hidden is not covered for long, as dunes race across the surface. Join Nathalie Vriend on a journey to discover the history of large lumps of sand.

Conversazione
6.30pm - 9.30pm
Step back in time to a 19th century conversazione. Watch a magic lantern show, see live experiments and explore the history of the Summer Science Exhibition with actors in period costume.

On the pulse: Lasers as a creative catalyst
7.30pm - 8.30pm
Can a shared creative approach to discovery help us uncover more of the world in which we live? Join artist Alistair McClymont and Physicist Dr Ceri Brenner as they discuss their unlikely partnership creating contemporary art inspired by work at the Central Laser Facility in Oxfordshire. Part of our celebration of the International Year of Light.

Alistair’s laser-inspired artworks will be on display outside the Kohn Centre, please take the opportunity to ask questions of the artist.