Science Café Nijmegen

12/10/2026

TONIGHT at Science Café Nijmegen 🔐🤖


CYBERSECURITY IN THE AGE OF AI
Who has the upper hand: attackers or defenders?


When even the defenders get hacked...

Recently, a Dutch cybersecurity organisation was hit by an AI-assisted attack. If even the experts are vulnerable, who has the upper hand — attackers or defenders?
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/01/ai-agents-hacked-the-hackers-stealing-email-addresses-from-security-research-org/5300652

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Tonight, Stjepan Picek (UniZG/RU) and Willem Jan de Voogd (TNO) explore the changing battle for our digital security — with live electronic beats by Raaf Modular.

🕒 Music 19:30 | Science 20:00–22:00
📍 The Shamrock, Nijmegen
🎟 Free entry | 💬 In English
🔗 More info: https://www.sciencecafenijmegen.nl/actueel/2026october12/

With AI jumping into the fray, we're entering uncharted territory in cybersecurity. Who will end up on top, attackers or defenders? Recent large-scale hacks and data leaks show how much society depends on secure digital infrastructure. AI enables attackers to generate convincing fake voices and imag...

25/09/2026

07/09/2026

TONIGHT at Science Café Nijmegen 💊🧠
SMART DRUGS: Can we hack our way to a better brain? (in Dutch)


Do ‘smart drugs’ actually make us smarter? Or do they do something quite different to our motivation, attention and memory?

Tonight, Roshan Cools (RU), Jan Willem de Gee (UvA) and Jos Prickaerts (Peitho Translational) look for answers — with live jazz by Trio In Dubio.

🕒 Music 19:30 | Science 20:00–22:00
📍 The Shamrock, Nijmegen
🎟 Free entry | 💬 In Dutch
🔗 More info: https://www.sciencecafenijmegen.nl/actueel/2026september7/


Brain stimulation – no prescription required.

09/06/2026

Tonight Science Café > THE SYSTEM SHIFT / NEW DIGITAL REALITY

AI systems, algorithms and online platforms increasingly shape what we see, trust and share — and with that, the realities we live in.

Tonight, Maarten de Rijke and Fernando Santos connect the dots between digital technologies, collective behaviour and the societal shifts now unfolding.

🎓 8 pm Maarten de Rijke (UvA, ICAI) and Fernando Santos (UvA)
🎶 7.30 pm Yandra - live 🇧🇷
📍 The Shamrock, Nijmegen
💸 Free entry | 🌐 English

Our final edition before the summer break - join us! 🍻

through a far-reaching systemic transformation in how we communicate, organize, and make sense of the world. From generative AI such as ChatGPT and algorithmic recommendation systems to social media platforms and personalized feeds: digital technologies no longer merely mediate communication, they i...

21/05/2026

tonight Science Café >
Dark Energy: Not so Constant? ( Achtertuin)
new observations challenge our picture of the universe ✨

This evening, at the restart of the spring, the Science Café returns to De Achtertuin with a special edition, bringing together Leiden cosmologists Guadalupe Cañas Herrera and Alessandra Silvestri to explore what new observations may be telling us about dark energy, gravity, and the universe itself.

🎓 8.30 pm Alessandra Silvestri (LEI) and Guadalupe Cañas Herrera (LEI)
🎶 8 pm Black Widow - live ⚡
📍 De Achtertuin (Vasim), De Kolk 14 Nijmegen
💸 free entry (no reservation)
🌐 English

Black Widow takes the nerding into another realm, weaving modular synths, live drums and trumpet into the evening.

Black Widow;Pjotr Lasschuit (Modular Synthesizers, Trumpet)Diego ...

21/04/2026

Tonight Science Café > Science and Truth (in Dutch) 🧠⚖️

Science is often described as the search for truth.
But is truth something science finds—or something it constructs through models?

Christoph Lüthy reflects on how scientific thinking has evolved across history.
Eric-Jan Wagenmakers discusses how probability and uncertainty shape what we take to be knowledge.

🎶 Live: Hannah Najia & Marius Holland

🗓 Tonight | 📍 The Shamrock
🎟 Free entry | Dutch language

👉 An evening about how science gets to “truth”—without ever holding it directly.