Join Professor Caroline Watt for a tour of 30 years of research into paranormal claims, and discover the challenges and unexpected scientific rewards of investigating the impossible.

For decades now, organisations like Greenpeace, GM-Freeze, and Friends of the Earth have done a great job of convincing the population that GM food is harmful, but is there really any truth to this?

Our regular talk at the King's Arms

Given the bewildering variety of life on Earth, all stemming from one self-replicating molecule, can we really predict what life on other worlds is like? Maybe not. But we can imagine what it isn't like.

Prison lawyer Emma McClure examines the amusing, confusing and sometimes tragic consequences of failing to take a skeptical approach to forensic evidence.

No person investigating hypnosis now seriously doubts that it is ‘a genuine phenomenon’. Yet there remains something seriously wrong with hypnosis, something that people in the field have always been very reluctant to confront. What the problem is will be revealed and discussed in this talk.

Robert Teszka is a science promoter and member of the Magic Circle. He talks about how our minds deceive us and magician's tricks can help us understand.

Have you been naughty or nice? In Alpine Countries, the reinvigoration of the traditional Krampus myth has led to festivals and processions - Krampuslauf - in his honour. We'll find out where Krampus comes from, who his cousins are, and what the real meaning of Christmas is. Plus a Krampus quiz - will you win sweets or coal?

What does a skeptic do when thinking about a funeral?

Marketer and former radio show host David Frank will be talking about all things online dating, sex and porn.