For our final meeting of 2025 Bob McEwen had prepared a very interesting and varied quiz. Some of the questions were about the topics we covered this year, and some were based on the fiendish format of ‘Only Connect’
Another round was to add missing vowels to complete the names of well-known scientists.
e.g. L_ _ _S P_ ST_ _ R (Louis Pasteur) The one that defeated everybody was:
DL VL CBYRN Can you do it? (Answer at the end of this article)
Following a break for tea/coffee and mince pies we moved on to assembling models of woodland insects and members of the spider family.
The templates were donated by Greenwood an initiative to enable Nottinghamshire’s communities to create, enhance and enjoy woodlands and other accessible green spaces in a sustainable way and Miner2Major whose nature projects focus on the landscape, habitats, species and trails of Sherwood Forest which locally includes Moor Pond Woods in Papplewick. All to the benefit of native wildlife and habitats.
Thanks to everyone for their contributions this year as we look forward to 2026.
January 16th Meeting 10am at JGC
Seating is out for the annual Pantomime so we will be at the back of the hall.
John Tedstone will be sharing his recent visit to the medical history section at the London Science Museum, and I have a presentation about what is on offer at the Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds which is the venue for our science visit on Friday May 15th.
Finally, you will have the opportunity to select an invention which is the theme for our ‘5-minute talks’.
And the mystery scientist is ADA LOVELACE BYRON
David Rose