Tuesday 17th January 2023, Cornerstone Arts Centre, 7pm for 7.30pm start Julian Gold -  Food and Farming in the 21st Century: System Shortcomings, Staying Solvent, Societal Scrutiny, Soil , Science and Sustainable Solutions A personal overview of our food system from Field to Fork and a look at how we are tackling some of the […]

18th April 2023 7.30pm In the cafe bar at Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot Advanced microscopy: studying glittery bacteria From the first reveal of “tiny animals”, the microbes that are too small to be seen by the naked eye, through to images of the molecules that make up the world around us, the development of different […]

Didcot Cafe Scientifique - Tuesday 20th June 2023 at Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot 7.30pm What is the next revolution after the semiconductors? Emerging electronic behaviours In the distant past, “scientists” began to rationalise, discover, and use different phases of matter. Nowadays, one of the most widely used materials are semiconductors, which have dramatically transformed everyone's lifestyle […]

Didcot Cafe Scientifique Tuesday 16th January 2024 at 7.30pm Taking place in Nourish Cafe at Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot. Living with sight loss in the UK and Oxfordshire. What are the leading causes of low vision and what resources are available to those who become blind or visually impaired in our area? About our speaker […]

Didcot Cafe Scientifique, Tuesday 18th February 2025 Cornerstone Arts Centre, 7.30pm-9pm   Glyphosate - Friend or Foe?  Glyphosate is an indispensable herbicide in modern Agricultural systems but is also the subject of multiple lawsuits against manufacturer Bayer claiming that exposure to glyphosate has caused cancers in operators using the chemical. This talk looks at the […]

Didcot Cafe Scientifique, Tuesday 18th March 2025 **The Lightbox Cafe, Harwell Campus, 7.00pm - 8.30pm** Dr Margarida Ruas - Breakthroughs in Alzheimer's treatment: a path to hope and progress Dementia, with Alzheimer's disease as its leading cause, is the leading cause of death in the UK. Significant efforts have been made to understand its underlying mechanisms, […]

Tuesday 15th April 2025 | Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot | 7.30pm - 9pm John Broadbent, The Science of the Honey Bee Although we share some similarities in sight, smell and touch, honey bees have evolved these and other senses beyond human capabilities.  These optimisations are vital in helping it find, collect and store food as well […]

Tuesday 15th July 2025  - 7.30pm, Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot Foetal Mummy Misidentified as a Hawk Unlocks Medical Mysteries of Ancient Egypt During the COVID-19 pandemic, a surprising opportunity took me from cancer research into the realm of ancient archaeology. In this talk, I will share how a tiny Egyptian mummy, originally misidentified as a […]

Didcot Cafe Scientifique - " The Life of an Atom”  Dr Chris Pearson, Head of Astronomy at RAL Space, Harwell Campus Tuesday 16th September 2025 The Auditorium at Cornerstone Arts Centre This will be a ticketed event. Please book your tickets in person at the Cornerstone box office or online here  7.30-9.00pm Have you ever […]

Didcot Cafe Scientifique - talk on Data Protection and Privacy, Dr Geof Haigh Tuesday 18th November 2025 This presentation focuses on the issue of privacy for your personal information. It describes the value of this information for criminals and the ways in which criminals can use this personal information to commit identity fraud (and various […]

Didcot Cafe Scientifique Tuesday 16th December 2025 | 7.30pm - 9pm | Cornerstone Arts Centre This month’s Café Sci will be a look back over the history of Didcot Café Scientifique since it started in 2010. The original organiser will give an introduction about its foundation and then we will look at some of the […]

Didcot Cafe Scientifique - talk on A little History of Everything from the Big Bang to You Tuesday 20th January 2026 Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot Have you ever wondered why you exist? After a brush with death in my early 20s I decided my life’s ambition would to try to find out whether science could […]

Didcot Cafe Scientifique, Tuesday 21st April 2026, 7.30pm, Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot Cancer, its causes, growth, spread and classification The talk will give an overview of the events leading to the formation of cancer, describing the environmental and other factors leading to genetic damage; it will describe the genetic damage, the growth & spread of cancers and will outline the ways […]

Didcot Cafe Scientifique, Tuesday 19th May 2026, 7.30pm - 9pm, Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot The Day the Dinosaur Died Dinosaurs were the most successful group of animals to have walked the planet, thriving on every continent for 165 million years. Until one day, they didn’t. This talk explores what happened on that day, the causes […]

Didcot Cafe Scientifique, Tuesday 16th June, 7.30pm - 9pm, Cornerstone Arts Centre Water - How we use it and abuse it The talk will cover wastewater treatment, drinking water treatment and the current national and global water issues and impact of the climate crisis. Water, whether too much or too little around the globe is […]