From Blade Runner, Siri and sexbots, to the writings of Jules Verne, HG Wells and Asimov’s I, Robot, it can feel like the lines between science and science fiction are becoming increasingly blurred. How far away is modern tech from catching up with visions of the future previously only imagined in science fiction? What are the real and imagined implications of artificial intelligence on society and our everyday lives?

This November Springer Nature is proud to partner with the Economic and Social Research Council to invite you to their launch of the 15th annual ESRC Festival of Social Science. Looking at the important role of research beyond academia, the speakers will be discussing how research can address real-world challenges including climate change, economics, race, migration, social health and interdisciplinarity.

China’s future matters. But as Xi Jinping pursues the dream of a new order at home and abroad, the West is struggling to understand the nature of what is proving to be a bigger idea with wider implications for the world. Is China now a civilisational advance, drawing on millennia of political thought and a hundred years of trial and error?

When did you last spend an enjoyable afternoon thinking about tax? Now you can make that dream a reality! You are invited to an afternoon of informative fun and tax saving ideas with Green Accountancy. Come and join the party and you'll get to know your SEIS from your LLPs. And take away a great story about the taxation of grants to share with your friends.

Join the Royal College of Physicians for a special free evening event devoted to the remarkable Sir Thomas Browne. Hear a talk on the famous 17th century polymath by leading expert Dr Kevin Killeen, and take the final opportunity for a late visit to the acclaimed exhibition 'A cabinet of rarities': the curious collections of Sir Thomas Browne’.

EIT Digital would like to invite you to Intelligent Mobility: the future of transport. This year’s event will explore how  Intelligent Mobility (IM) will affect the transport industry and will address wider societal trends – including a growing and ageing global population, climate change, the rapid depletion of our traditional energy resources, and increasing urbanisation.

You are invited to a free evening of fun science....and this time the theme is all about Wellbeing! Visit the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) site in Camden, Wednesday, November 22nd, 17.30-22.00 (drop in event) for an evening of activities.

The scourge of homelessness and rough sleeping have been around for centuries, yet the stories of people who lack access to housing, sustenance or security are largely missing from the history books. On 22 November, theatre company Cardboard Citizens, in partnership with the Institute of Historical Research at the School of Advanced Study, UoL, will look to answer the question, ‘How can we find ways to listen to the voices of those who lack access to housing, sustenance or security?’.