Why do women judge each other on ideals of thinness, beauty, ‘best mommy practices’, as well as keeping their partner happy? Are their values warped? Or is something else driving this competitiveness? Dr Amy Andrada Dr Amy Andrada dares to ask!🙆‍♀️🙅‍♀️ 🎟tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/are-w…

Join Dr Mhairi Bowe Mhairi Bowe SocPsy on Wednesday at 13:40 and discover: are other people slowly killing us or are they the answer to a long, happy life?🧘 🎟tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/are-p… #edfringe #unleashyourfringe #humanityunfiltered Edinburgh Festival Fringe Fair Pley

It’s alive! But can it feel? Does it think? Dr Rana Fetit AnnaWilliamsLab explores stem cells and mini brains in a dish🧫 we can fuse them into powerful tools to study brain development, evolution and diseases, but where do we draw the line? 🧠 🎟 tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/it-s-…

Catch Dr Rana Fetit’s fringe show all about stem cells on the 23rd August at The Stand Comedy Club 🎙️🧫

What turns a word into a slur? Dr Chris Cummins delves into how language can tiptoe on the edge of good taste— and why even Scrabble players are caught in the crossfire.Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas (22 Aug The Stand) Book here: thestand.co.uk/fringe/2078/41… #Linguistics #Fringe

Don't miss our very own Dr Amy Andrada Dr Amy Andrada, live on stage as part of this year's Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas at Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Susan Morrison! Saturday 24 August 1.40pm The Stand Tickets and info: bit.ly/AmyAndrada

Our #edfringe comes to a close today with 2 appearances! Emily Messer PhD is appearing in a family-friendly edition of Comedy for the Curious about animals (1pm) while Mhairi Bowe SocPsy asks "Are people bad for you?" Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas The Stand (1.40pm). Ticket details in the thread below

... and here the finale of the show: a Gaelic text, sung by Rob MacNeacail, in the Tuvan throat singing tradition, accompanied by an Indian harmonium... As Ezra Pound said beautifully: "What thou lovest well is thy true heritage" (Canto LXXXI)

What’s on TODAY🌬️Dr Stephen Mansell talks all things boron — the real fifth element! Last chance to get tickets: 🎟️: tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/real-… #edfringe #unleashyourfringe #codi #strangerscience

IRR People: Dr Rana Fetit – ‘It's Alive’ at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe tomorrow, 13:40 at The Stand Comedy Club! We spoke to Dr Rana Fetit about her research, new comic book and upcoming Fringe show. Read the full interview here: edin.ac/3XoWN17

It’s alive! And it’s happening TODAY!!🧫 Join Dr Rana Fetit AnnaWilliamsLab and explore stem cells and mini brains in a dish🧠 and discover what we can do with them! 🎟: tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/it-s-… #edfringe #unleashyourfringe #stemcells #strangerscience

Folks can see a review of my Fringe show here. This was done through Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas for Social Science @ RGU One minor thing i'd like to correct - i did not have a participant who was 12, they are the mid-20s, though first joined incel communities when they were. theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2024/08/fringe…

‼️📰 Fake News has been easier to create and spread than ever, so if you can’t beat them - join them? Join Ted Carlson Webster False Webs Network tomorrow at 12:20 and hear how we can make more fake news! 🎟: tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/make-… #edfringe #unleashyourfringe #codi #fakenews

Second last day of #edfringe‼️TODAY at 12:20 Ted Carlson Webster discovers how we can recognise fake news 🗞️ At 13:40, Dr Amy Andrada Dr Amy Andrada dares to ask: what is driving women’s competitiveness? And why? 🎟️12:20 tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/make-… 🎟️13:40 tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/are-w…

Part 5: computers, ChatGPT, scrabble (swear words edition) and Chad❕Huge thank you to Lars Edinburgh Uni Maths, Phil School of Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Chris School of PPLS and David Horror in a tweet (David S. Smith) for putting on such great shows. And thanks to our wonderful audience! #edfringe #codi

Part 6: Fascinating shows from Garry GJ Scobie, Dave Dave Fairhurst and the Blackhole Gang - Tim, Jelle and Jan Edinburgh Uni Maths! Once again, thanks to our brilliant host Susan Susan Morrison🌟We hope you learned something new, and thoroughly enjoyed the experience! #edfringe #codi2024

Part 7: From the history of physics and stem cells to fake news and understanding women💃 Nick Nick Werren, Rana AnnaWilliamsLab, Ted False Webs Network and Amy Dr Amy Andrada shared so many intriguing stories and insights. We hope you had a great time! #edfringe #codi2024

📸Wrapping up CoDI 2024: Great photos of Amy Dr Amy Andrada, Ben Dr Benjamin Giblin, Richard Richard Milne, and Stephen Mansell Group Lab by the amazing Eddie Middleton!! 🌐eddie-middleton.com

📸More photos by Eddie Middleton, thank you to our amazing audience and to Dave Dave Fairhurst, Phil School of Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Rana AnnaWilliamsLab, for being apart of CoDI 2024, and to the one and only Susan Morrison Susan Morrison 🥹 for being an exceptional host! 🌐eddie-middleton.com

At last, A MASSIVE thank you to our host, Susan Susan Morrison, you’re amazing😌 Stephen Wright from Fair Pley Ltd Stephen Wright, all the staff The Stand, and our photographer, Eddie Middleton. Congrats to ALL our academics, it has been an incredible fringe 2024🔥see you next year!