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Mind & Body

Activities and topics about our brains and brawn.

From the science of sport to the possibilities of hypnosis, our minds and bodies are amazing. Discover the secrets of DNA, what we might look like when we're old and how Chinese medicine might be the answer.

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Brain sketch

Alzheimer’s Research Trust Talk

Mon 5 Oct 2009 18.00 - 20.00 at MOSI

Join experts as they discuss the latest in Alzheimer's research.

microphone

Teach a robot to act and speak

Tue 27 Oct 2009 11.00 - 15.30 at MOSI

How to teach a robot simple tasks! Learn about how the robot perceives the world and what sort of movements and speech it can produce.

Two baboons washing in a river

Award Lecture 2009: Primate communication - links to human language?

Sat 31 Oct 2009 14.00 - 15.00 at Kanaris Lecture Theatre, The Manchester Museum

How can we decipher how humans developed the ability to speak? There are no fossil remains to track! Dr Katie Slocombe approaches this problem by comparing human communication to non-human primate communication.

A bright blue and black butterfly

Simple beginnings: The story of evolution

Sat 24 Oct 2009 & Mon 26 Oct 2009 at 09.00 - 17.00 at Bolton Museum, Aquarium and Archive

In this fascinating exhibition you can find out all about Charles Darwin; his life and travels; explore the theory of evolution in the nineteenth century; and take a closer look at evolution to see how animals adapt to their changing environments.