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The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Marginal Gains & A Hacked Toothbrush

Date: 22 August 2021
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: In person and online

Two top academics, two dangerous ideas and your host comedian Susan Morrison. Professor Alan Gow (Heriot-Watt University) is looking for the simple things that could help us stay sharp as we age. And Garry Scobie (The University of Edinburgh) reveals how and why criminals are targeting you, your home, even your toothbrush – and how to fight back!

Part of the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas programme.