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Don’t miss: tiny patterns, a transgender scientist and a Mars meeting

21 November 2018

Deconstructing Patterns exhibition

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In The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist, Ben Barres recaps a stellar scientific career and his gender equality advocacy. It was after transitioning to a man that he realised how differently male and female scientists are treated.

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The inaugural meeting of the Mars Society’s London chapter will be at RocketSpace on 26 November. Among the speakers will be Robert Zubrin, a founder of the society.

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Artist and “private ear” Lawrence Abu Hamdan interviewed former Syrian prisoners for a human rights probe. They could only provide sonic evidence as they were kept in the dark or blindfolded. In …

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