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Looking Back, Moving Forward…
Alas, The Science Festival is over for another year with the exception of one final very exciting event, The Conversation with Derren Brown Satruday 21 April in Church Hill Theatre. Talk about finishing on a high note! This year's programme was our most diverse to date, featuring days out, talks, workshops, exhibitions, comedy and film - two weeks of truly sensational science! We hope you enjoyed this year's festival as much as we did, and if you missed it, read on for some highlights.
By Josephine Power on Fri 20 April 2012
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Photo Challenge and Blogging Challenge
Together with our friends at ClicketKids.co.uk, festival partners National Museum of Scotland and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh we are making a shout-out to everyone to send in your wonderful photos of your time at the Edinburgh International Science Festival caught on your phone or camera.
By Grace Ng on Thu 19 April 2012
Has Stella McCartney got the Olympic design wrong?
Last night at the Science Festival, a leading scientist explained why Stella McCartney has got the Olympic design wrong.
By Harrison Kelly on Wed 11 April 2012
Richard Bacon brings BBC 5 Live show to the Science Festival
Richard Bacon brought his BBC Radio 5 Live programme to the Edinburgh International Science Festival today, hosting a two hour broadcast live from the National Museum of Scotland.
By Harrison Kelly on Wed 11 April 2012
Adam Hart-Davis unravels the mystery and history of time
From water clocks to atomic chronometers, people have always tried to keep track of time, while wondering what it is, and why women, plants and fish have cycles liked to the moon. Last night at the Science Festival, Adam Hart-Davis discussed the history of time and how we try and understand the science behind human timekeeping.
By Harrison Kelly on Tue 10 April 2012
What's on the Menu at Botanics?
Scientists and Chef’s are cooking up a storm at the Botanics. In a new approach to exploring science some of Scotland’s top chefs are demonstrating their art and discussing topical food issues with scientists. On Tuesday Tom Kitchin hosted sell-out sessions that looked at the science and myth behind ‘superfoods’. One of the more surprising outcomes was that if rhubarb was marketed as a new crop today it would be banned for dangerously high levels of oxalic acid!
By Guest Blogger Roben Hera on Thu 05 April 2012
Find out what makes an Olympian at the Science Festival
Four scientists debated what makes an Olympian last night at the Edinburgh International Science Festival, asking which is more important – body, brains or what is in your belly?
By Harrison Kelly on Wed 04 April 2012
Physics and fashion fuse together at the Science Festival
Style and science are being discussed at the Edinburgh International Science Festival this week as leading scientists show how the clothes we wear can change our physiology.
By Harrison Kelly on Wed 04 April 2012
Bright Club: Clever but Funny!
It’s very easy to hear the term ‘academic researcher’ and immediately form an image in your head. Lab coats springs to mind, chunky glasses too and of course, tweed jackets with elbow patches. But now there is an organisation which does not only crush these stereotypes but puts them under a spotlight, points at them and laughs. Bright Club was born at University College London, as an experiment - what would happen if a bunch of scientists got up onto a stage and told funny stories about what it is they do?
By Guest Blogger Lexy Marston on Wed 04 April 2012
Enlightenment for all
Edinburgh Enlightenment Exchange, one of this year’s festival highlights lived up to its namesake and delivered so much more. Hume, Smith, Black and Burns would have been proud of their modern contemporaries, who have not only kept the flames of enlightenment alive, but have achieved what previous generations could only have dreamt of.
By Will Wright on Wed 04 April 2012