London events for people with curious minds.
Tuesday 22 January
MATHS: Find out why mathematics is 'the queen of the sciences' at a Gresham lecture at Museum of London. Free, just turn up, 1pm
SLEEP: Glenn D Wilson examines why we sleep and why we dream, at the second Gresham lecture of the day at Museum of London. Free, just turn up, 6pm
GENETICS: Adrian Bird talks genetics, epigenetics and disease at the Royal Society. Free, just turn up, 6.30pm
Wednesday 23 January
HEART: Learn how stress and extreme emotion can affect your ticky-ticker at a Wellcome Collection lunchtime event. Free, just turn up, 1pm
FILM: A screening of vintage sci-fi romp Fantastic Voyage can be seen at UCL's JZ Young Theatre, followed by a tour of the Grant Museum, wine in hand. Free, just turn up, 6.30pm
SPACE: Mark Thompson, an astronomer not the former BBC man, is at the Royal Institute to tell us how stargazers navigate the cosmos and understand the objects they find there. £10, prebook, 7pm
DEATH: When do human remains stop being 'a person' and become 'an object'? How much reverence should we give to ancient bones versus the remains of the recently deceased? A fascinating talk at Wellcome Collection. Free, prebook, 7pm
CLIMATE CHANGE: The Dana Centre has a screening and discussion of Jaywick Escapes, a film about the North Sea floods of 1953. Free, prebook, 7pm
Thursday 24 January
BIOENERGY: Should we be using more farm land to grow energy crops? The Dana Centre debates and invites you along. Free, prebook, 7pm
Friday 25 January
LATES: Time once again for late night opening at the Natural History Museum. Look around with a glass of wine and live music. Free, just turn up, 6-10pm
Sunday 27 January
SPACETACULAR!: It's finally here. Helen Keen's Spacetacular!, co-organised with Londonist, is on at Leicester Square Theatre. A comedy-meets-science variety show entirely themed around space exploration. Come along in fancy dress if you like, take part in the space quiz, and enjoy some cutting edge science and comedy. £10, prebook, 7.30pm
