Science Stories From Around Town
A trio of unrelated snippets that reached me this week. Read more
A trio of unrelated snippets that reached me this week. Read more
I’m not sure I’ve walked into a room full of excrement before. Five slabs of faecal matter, arranged under mood lighting like some scatological Take That tribute act. Very strange. Such is the wont of the Wellcome Collection, which habitually lines its galleries with unlikely wonders. Read more
The Science Museum seems to be opening new galleries at a rate of knots. Appropriate, then, that its latest exhibition features the life and works of that hero of steam and power James Watt. Read more
The Wellcome Trust, one of the world’s largest medical charities, has reportedly put in a £1 billion bid for the freehold to the 2012 Olympics site. Read more
The streets of Maida Vale and Little Venice are a pleasant place to stroll. The area is characterised by wide (for London) boulevards lined with grand, immaculate houses. In one such property, on 23 June 1912, a boy named Alan came into this world. Almost 100 years on, the world is a very different place, thanks partly to Alan Turing. Read more
Just a reminder that the next science-themed ‘pub’ quiz takes place at the Royal Institution next Monday. Turn up for a 7pm start (although I’d advise getting there around 6.30-6.45 to be sure of a table in the main room. As usual, I’ll be co-hosting with Martin Davies from the Royal Institution. Entry costs £2 per person and you can take part in teams of up to five. The winners get a big old pot of money. Hopefully see some of you there (and that means you, Nature staffers). Read more
Schemes and Memes blog is running a short series focusing on science on the screen. By way of contribution, here’s a fun science fiction movie quiz for you to get your robotically enhanced teeth into. The questions come courtesy of the Bigger Boat Film Quiz, who put on regular movie-based pub quizzes in Brixton and Highgate. Their next event is also a sci-fi special, and takes place on 29 March in Brixton’s Ritzy. Read more
Your first task is to guess how many moles are in this jar: … Read more
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