Chester SciBar
@chesterscibar.bsky.social
It's science, in a bar!
No matter who you are, or what you know, come and join us on the 2nd Tuesday of every month to hear from interesting & inspiring people
No matter who you are, or what you know, come and join us on the 2nd Tuesday of every month to hear from interesting & inspiring people
🎥🎄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
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
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
🎥🎄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
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
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...
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...
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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...
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/
📆9th Dec, 7pm
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
ℹ️https://www.facebook.com/share/1AN5uk3zEt/
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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/
📆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/
📆9th Dec, 7pm
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
ℹ️https://www.facebook.com/share/1AN5uk3zEt/
November 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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/
📆9th Dec, 7pm
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
ℹ️https://www.facebook.com/share/1AN5uk3zEt/
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
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
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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
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
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 💀
October 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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 💀
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
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
September 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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
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
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 🤩
September 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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?
Whose likenesses are these?
September 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Pop Quiz.
Whose likenesses are these?
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! 💀
The wonderful @FaceLabLJMU crew have brought props, and lots of them are skulls! 💀
September 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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! 💀
The wonderful @FaceLabLJMU crew have brought props, and lots of them are skulls! 💀
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
📍
@storyhouselive.bsky.social
🗣️
@facelabljmu.bsky.social
📆9th Sept
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/3pPYrXKOj
September 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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
📍
@storyhouselive.bsky.social
🗣️
@facelabljmu.bsky.social
📆9th Sept
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/3pPYrXKOj
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?
July 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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?
#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👇
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👇
June 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#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👇
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👇
📢NEXT TALK CLAXON📢
Can AI help with Wildlife Conservation?
Come along to learn about how monitoring grasslands from space & using machine learning can help track changes & predict future environmental conditions.
💻🌍🐘📈🌱
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
📆8th July
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/cSYqFHkb5
Can AI help with Wildlife Conservation?
Come along to learn about how monitoring grasslands from space & using machine learning can help track changes & predict future environmental conditions.
💻🌍🐘📈🌱
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
📆8th July
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/cSYqFHkb5
June 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
📢NEXT TALK CLAXON📢
Can AI help with Wildlife Conservation?
Come along to learn about how monitoring grasslands from space & using machine learning can help track changes & predict future environmental conditions.
💻🌍🐘📈🌱
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
📆8th July
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/cSYqFHkb5
Can AI help with Wildlife Conservation?
Come along to learn about how monitoring grasslands from space & using machine learning can help track changes & predict future environmental conditions.
💻🌍🐘📈🌱
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
📆8th July
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/cSYqFHkb5
If you want to learn more about Anteaters & Highways, the work of ICAS, or to just check out more excellent snoot photos, then follow
@icaswild.bsky.social or visit their website www.icasconservation.org.br/contato/?lan...
@icaswild.bsky.social or visit their website www.icasconservation.org.br/contato/?lan...
June 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
If you want to learn more about Anteaters & Highways, the work of ICAS, or to just check out more excellent snoot photos, then follow
@icaswild.bsky.social or visit their website www.icasconservation.org.br/contato/?lan...
@icaswild.bsky.social or visit their website www.icasconservation.org.br/contato/?lan...
How many ants can an anteater eat?
To find out, and learn more about the conservation of these amazing creatures, join us in @shitchester.bsky.social
on Tuesday evening
📆 10th June
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
ℹ️https://facebook.com/events/s/how-many-ants-can-an-anteater-/1471393360896578/
To find out, and learn more about the conservation of these amazing creatures, join us in @shitchester.bsky.social
on Tuesday evening
📆 10th June
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
ℹ️https://facebook.com/events/s/how-many-ants-can-an-anteater-/1471393360896578/
June 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
How many ants can an anteater eat?
To find out, and learn more about the conservation of these amazing creatures, join us in @shitchester.bsky.social
on Tuesday evening
📆 10th June
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
ℹ️https://facebook.com/events/s/how-many-ants-can-an-anteater-/1471393360896578/
To find out, and learn more about the conservation of these amazing creatures, join us in @shitchester.bsky.social
on Tuesday evening
📆 10th June
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
ℹ️https://facebook.com/events/s/how-many-ants-can-an-anteater-/1471393360896578/
Join us on Tuesday, 13th May at The Garret Bar, @storyhouselive.bsky.social for an evening of fun, fascinating logic, and surprising truths with Dr Dean Marshall from @ljmuofficial.bsky.social.
May 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Join us on Tuesday, 13th May at The Garret Bar, @storyhouselive.bsky.social for an evening of fun, fascinating logic, and surprising truths with Dr Dean Marshall from @ljmuofficial.bsky.social.
Dr Tim Astrop from Stori Brymbo told us all about the fascinating #fossils just down the road from us. Look out for visiting and volunteering details. We were introduced to pygocephalus - the original butt head fossil
April 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Dr Tim Astrop from Stori Brymbo told us all about the fascinating #fossils just down the road from us. Look out for visiting and volunteering details. We were introduced to pygocephalus - the original butt head fossil
Did you know there's a 314 million year old forest just down the road?
Us neither!
Come and join us next month to hear from Dr Tim Astrop who is (among other things) the fossil coordinator for Stori Brymbo.
📍 @storyhouselive.bsky.social
📆8th April. Talk starts 7:30
ℹ️https://shorturl.at/SfN2l
Us neither!
Come and join us next month to hear from Dr Tim Astrop who is (among other things) the fossil coordinator for Stori Brymbo.
📍 @storyhouselive.bsky.social
📆8th April. Talk starts 7:30
ℹ️https://shorturl.at/SfN2l
March 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Did you know there's a 314 million year old forest just down the road?
Us neither!
Come and join us next month to hear from Dr Tim Astrop who is (among other things) the fossil coordinator for Stori Brymbo.
📍 @storyhouselive.bsky.social
📆8th April. Talk starts 7:30
ℹ️https://shorturl.at/SfN2l
Us neither!
Come and join us next month to hear from Dr Tim Astrop who is (among other things) the fossil coordinator for Stori Brymbo.
📍 @storyhouselive.bsky.social
📆8th April. Talk starts 7:30
ℹ️https://shorturl.at/SfN2l
Our next @chesterscibar.bsky.social is happening @storyhouselive.bsky.social on Tuesday 8th April.
Growing a Carboniferous Forest: Planning, Developing and Executing a Unique Palaeontological Excavation & Visitor Attraction
Growing a Carboniferous Forest: Planning, Developing and Executing a Unique Palaeontological Excavation & Visitor Attraction
March 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Our next @chesterscibar.bsky.social is happening @storyhouselive.bsky.social on Tuesday 8th April.
Growing a Carboniferous Forest: Planning, Developing and Executing a Unique Palaeontological Excavation & Visitor Attraction
Growing a Carboniferous Forest: Planning, Developing and Executing a Unique Palaeontological Excavation & Visitor Attraction
Big thanks to @peterfalkingham.com for his fascinating talk on #dinosaur tracks and to the #chester audience. See you in April 🦕
March 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Big thanks to @peterfalkingham.com for his fascinating talk on #dinosaur tracks and to the #chester audience. See you in April 🦕
Join us to learn more about the fascinating research on dinosaur footprints that tell us how they lived. @peterfalkingham.com from @ljmuofficial.bsky.social will be joining us in March. Come along from 7:00pm, talk starts at 7:30pm
February 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Join us to learn more about the fascinating research on dinosaur footprints that tell us how they lived. @peterfalkingham.com from @ljmuofficial.bsky.social will be joining us in March. Come along from 7:00pm, talk starts at 7:30pm