Tag Archives: science

Weird enthusiasms

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

The other day, I got quite a disappointing email. It told me that the symposium The Life of Corpses: Exploring the Ethical Issues of Exhibiting Human Remains had been cancelled. I was disappointed because I’d signed up as soon as … Continue reading →

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Looking forward to Glasgow Science Festival

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

Those of you who were breathing a sigh of relief at me shutting up about the Edinburgh Science Festival, look away now… I’ve been having a look through the programme for the Glasgow Science Festival (5-17 June) and it looks … Continue reading →

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Kid (and big kid) fun at the science festival

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

A more succinct version of this is on the Clicket blog.  This is my last post from the Science Festival!  I’ve had a fantastic time. All through the science festival, I’ve been seeing tweets about the fun kid stuff at … Continue reading →

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My science festival stats

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Over the weekend, I tried to tell someone how many science festival events I’d been to, but I got confused and lost count.  So I’ve just got the programme and counted up: I went to the festival on 12 days … Continue reading →

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Climate change, exoplanets and Friday 13th

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

I can’t believe the science festival is finished!  I’ve had a great time for the last 2 weeks. I didn’t get round to writing about Friday’s events when they happened, so here’s a round-up of the last 3 adult events … Continue reading →

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A big contrast: DJing and cities

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

Since the weekend, my Science Festival attendance has been a bit more sporadic – just one event on Monday and one yesterday.  (Although I have some lovely things lined up for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, including finally acquiring some children … Continue reading →

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Fire!

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

I am currently smelling, appropriately, of woodsmoke… Another sudden decision of what to go to at the science festival had me doing something a little crazy: Can you guess what it is yet? I can’t say I’ve been desperate all … Continue reading →

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My friend the robot

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

So, robot companions.  Not something I’d thought about a whole lot before I went to Ruth Aylett‘s talk on Sunday.  But a tremendously interesting concept. Various stories about robots that will interact with us come up in the media now … Continue reading →

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Enlightenment excitement at the Science Festival

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

First day at the Science Festival and I don’t see how it can be beaten.  The Edinburgh Enlightenment Exchange was the only event that I’d booked up in advance, knowing that I would be really disappointed if I missed it. … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh Science Festival 2012: what looks particularly amazing

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Oooh, I love the Science Festival. I love them even more since they just gave me Buck’s Fizz at 10:30am. I was attending the festival launch in the National Museum of Scotland. They have a lovely new auditorium that I … Continue reading →

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