I’m used to Science driving people to drink, but next week it’s hoped that drink will drive people to Science. The Pint of Science festival is happening next week in Australia, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, UK, USA and Berlin, Germany and São Carlos, Brazil. It’s the third iteration of the event, following work by Michael Motskin and Praveen Paul at Imperial College, London, to talk to people affected by Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis about their research.

Exactly what’s on depends on where you are. So if you’re in Los Angeles you can check out the Physics of Kung Fu Panda one night, while New York has a slate of talks, including Kevin Griffin on DIY Tree Science. In Brazil you get many mathematical talks, including Matemática e beleza. So, if you live somewhere where there’s a few events locally, it might well be worth looking around to see what’s on.

If you’d like to see if there’s something on near you, you can visit the website to find out. If there’s nothing near you, there are some soundfiles of recent talks below.

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