To celebrate Valentine's Day and @storyhouselive.bsky.social #Queer we're getting a bit saucy next month... 😏 Join us for a racy romp through human sexuality! 📆 10th Feb. Drinks from 7, talk starts 730 ℹ️https://www.facebook.com/share/1N5ECr2b1a/

Tonight's @chesterscibar.bsky.social is on genetic science being used for forensics.

Lovely packed room ahead of tonight's talk. 2026, let's go!

Is it possible to identify individuals from just one cell? Join us on Tuesday when Nick will take us through 20years of forensic genetic research 🧬 and it's impacts on police investigations and much more! More info here 👉 facebook.com/events/s/for...

New year, new you? Don't forget your brain needs flexing too! Join us next week for our first SciBar of the year where we'll hear about advances in wildlife crime investigations, DNA testing crime scenes and much more! 📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social 📆Tues 13th Jan

Our first #scibar of 2026 is by Dr Nick Dawnay from @ljmuofficial.bsky.social who will talk about #Forensic #genetics Tuesday 13th January @storyhouselive.bsky.social Doors open at 7. Come and grab a drink, the talk will start at 7:30

Last night we had our final @chesterscibar.bsky.social of 2025. Our very own @pittso.bsky.social revealed the scientific formula of a good story and broke this down for all the favourite #Christmas films.

Tonight! It looks like the rain will have stopped by this evening, so no excuse not to chuck on a Christmas jumper and come join us

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Be sure you join us on Tuesday for our last talk of 2025 when @pittso.bsky.social will explore how our brains are hard-wired for stories. He'll explain how myths endure, the basis of psychology & how good campaigns work. Then he’ll ruin your favourite festive films by explaining what they all share!

Are the British public right? Find out on Tuesday in my (free) talk at @storyhouselive.bsky.social for @chesterscibar.bsky.social ...

Your next SciBar needs you! Our last talk of the year is going to be interactive, and before then we want to hear from you. 🗣️ Tell us your favourite Christmas film 📺 and what Christmas🎄 means to you on this poll 👉 www.menti.com/alswhy4vq7yt (P. S. Don't forget to hit the 'next question' button)

I'm doing this in one week, and we want your thoughts in advance! And then for you to be there of course. I'll be breaking down why stories are important for our own psychology and what connects Christmas stories in particular. I promise laughs and insight...

🎥🎄FESTIVE FILM POLL🎄🎥 Are you Team Elf or Team Muppet? Does your perfect Christmas film involve streets of miracles or blowing up plazas? Before our talk with @pittso.bsky.social next week tell us about your favourite festive films & what Xmas means to you 👉 www.menti.com/alswhy4vq7yt

Well. That's one way to handle the situation... www.popsci.com/science/nean...

Have you popped into @storyhouselive.bsky.social recently? If so, you might have spotted us on the Christmas listings! Be sure to join us for our last talk of 2025. We're talking Christmas Movies and the science of storytelling facebook.com/events/s/chr...

Next month we round off an excellent year of talks with our very own @pittso.bsky.social who will be talking about the science of storytelling & exploring (maybe ruining?) some of our favourite Christmas films! 📆9th Dec, 7pm 📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social ℹ️https://www.facebook.com/share/1AN5uk3zEt/

Next month we round off an excellent year of talks with our very own @pittso.bsky.social who will be talking about the science of storytelling & exploring (maybe ruining?) some of our favourite Christmas films! 📆9th Dec, 7pm 📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social ℹ️https://www.facebook.com/share/1AN5uk3zEt/

Don't miss this free talk I'm doing on all your favourite Christmas films! I'll break them down with the science of storytelling. #Chester

It was great to hear about #Chester and the River Dee tonight at @chesterscibar.bsky.social. There was a bit of history, georgraphy, ecology, engineering - all things that scibar loves

As a mate said, tonight was an outstanding contender in a very strong field of @chesterscibar.bsky.social evenings.

Tonight's @chesterscibar.bsky.social has Niall Macfayden taking us through 10,000 years of the river Dee supporting Chester. And how it will in the future....

#DYK The Dee is the most managed river in Europe? More water is extracted from the Dee than from the whole of the Lake District!

Join us tomorrow for what's sure to be a fascinating talk about plans to revive the hydro hub in @shitchester.bsky.social & bring clean heat to the city. It's completely free & no need to book, so come along! It's also one of many great events forming @storyhouselive.bsky.social Futures Festival

It's true! Join us

Don't miss this free talk about the plans for a green energy showcase in Chester. @shitchester.bsky.social

Heating Chester with the Dee - 2000 years of the river supporting the city. This talk will cover the efforts to bring the hydro-hub back into use. Tuesday 11th November @storyhouselive.bsky.social Doors open at 7:00 🚪 Talk starts 7:30 🗣️ Stay for drinks and chat until 9:00(ish!) 🍻 fb.me/e/iRWKXDbhP

What a lovely endorsement, thanks Alison! It was a pleasure to host you and your talk was FASCINATING! I'm still thinking about mumia....

Thank you to our speaker Alison Atkin from @sicktodeath.bsky.social who came to talk about some of the seasonal spooks - vampires 🧛 werewolves 🐺 mummies and skeletons 💀

Our speaker from earlier this year, @peterfalkingham.com, is part of a team that found one of the longest #dinosaur track ways in the world www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Don't forget to join us tomorrow when @alisonatkin.bsky.social from @sicktodeath.bsky.social will be talking to us about all things Halloween - werewolves, vampires and mummies - we've got the lot! fb.me/e/5y1dfjCMt

October is upon us, the pumpkins are maturing nicely & Halloween is only a few weeks away. To get you in the mood & whet your appetite for all things spooky, we'll be exploring the supposed supporting archaeological evidence for supernatural creatures throughout history. Join us! Tues 14th Oct

Are vampires just misunderstood medical patients with a sensitivity to sunlight? Is a werewolf just a grumpy bloke having a bad hair day? Join us next month to explore the legends, lore and likely explanations behind some of our favourite spooky creatures

Our passion for the spooky season cannot be contained! Join us next month at @chesterscibar.bsky.social for an entertaining talk about Halloween creatures, medical myths, and supernatural skeletons!

Look at the amazing pulp horror poster they made for my talk next month at @chesterscibar.bsky.social! It has been *cough* many years since my last talk/presentation/stand-up gig, but I couldn't say no to a chance to talk about one of my favourite subjects when @sicktodeath.bsky.social was asked!

Next month we'll be joined by Alison, an osteoarchaeologist who studied the plague & now works @sicktodeath.bsky.social. We'll explore the medical conditions & archaeological evidence that explain supernatural creatures🧛 ...or do they? 📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social 📅Oct 14 ℹ️https://fb.me/e/8rrj05zE3

Yesterday evening @facelabljmu.bsky.social brought to us the digital avatar of King Richard III delivering an address detailing the conferment on his son, Edward, of the offices of Prince of Wales and Earl of #Chester youtu.be/FbH_KLMs6aY?...

It was super great to host my @ljmuofficial.bsky.social colleagues @chesterscibar.bsky.social this evening

This evening we had the great pleasure of hosting @mrk87.bsky.social and @jessiliu.bsky.social from @facelabljmu.bsky.social. They showed us how to go from a skull to a digital avatar 💀 🫅. Thanks for coming along and the audience who joined us 🤩

Pop Quiz. Whose likenesses are these?

We haven't even started yet, but we know it's going to be good. The wonderful @FaceLabLJMU crew have brought props, and lots of them are skulls! 💀

Come and join me and @jessiliu.bsky.social at Chester SciBar next week to learn more about how Face Lab depicts faces from the past, including our recent 4D talking avatar of King Richard III! #sciart #facialdepiction #postmortemavatar

Join us next week to hear from the research group that analyses, authenticates, & depicts the faces of significant historical figures using skeletal remains, death masks, and portraits! 📍 @storyhouselive.bsky.social 🗣️ @facelabljmu.bsky.social 📆9th Sept ℹ️https://fb.me/e/3pPYrXKOj

Take a look at some of the latest work of our next speakers @facelabljmu.bsky.social. They will be joining us on Tuesday 9th September at the usual time in the usual place @storyhouselive.bsky.social #chester www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Another bumper crowd to hear about bats from Dr Helen Taylor-Boyd. Thanks for coming along today. Who knew #Chester was #bat crazy 🦇?

Tonight's @chesterscibar.bsky.social speaker has a huge crowd to learn about bats!!

In the month when we'll be celebrating International Bat Night, we'll also be asking can people really be expected to prioritise nature conservation when there are so many demands on our pockets and time?

Tonight's @chesterscibar.bsky.social is looking at how we can use AI to monitor grasslands and biodiversity from space to aid conservation.

People of @skintchester.bsky.social, don't forget to join us in @storyhouselive.bsky.social tonight to hear about how the power of AI can be harnessed to support conservation work across the globe 🌍 fb.me/e/izK2jPQwK

#DYK Tropical grasslands store between 50 & 100 tonnes of carbon per hectare? Tracking & predicting encroachment & land conversion is a vital tool in environmental monitoring. Join us in a fortnight to hear about this fascinating application of machine learning and AI. Details👇