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Hannah Russell plots the history of the British Science Association and describes the annual British Science Festival.

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In a special episode recorded live at the British Science Festival, Madeleine Finlay and guests explore the question: will AI make a good companion? AI could give us new ways to tackle difficult problems, from young people's mental health issues to isolation in care homes. It also raises challenging questions about the increasing role of tech in our personal lives. To explore these questions, Madeleine is joined by the Guardian's science editor, Ian Sample; Tony Prescott, a professor of computational robotics at Sheffield University; and Dr Mhairi Aitken, an ethics fellow at the Alan Turing Institute and visiting senior lecturer at Queen Mary University of London.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

The James Webb Space Telescope continues to beam exciting data back to earth from exoplanet systems, galaxies and stars further away than we've ever seen before. But what happens to that data when it reaches us? We spoke to Julien De Wit from MIT about how exactly we process the vast amounts of information sent back to us from the telescope and how sometimes our computing systems just can't keep up. The British Science Festival is taking place in Leicester this week, and diversity and inclusion is one of the top priorities. Many groups are still alarmingly under-represented in STEM including women, Black and Minority Ethnic people Angela Saini and Dr Kate Clancy explain how we got here and just how alienating science can feel. To explore possible solutions we spoke to the incoming president of the British Science Association and CEO of Stemettes Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, Early career Engineer and Chairperson of Stemette Futures Youth Board Floriane Fidegnon-Edoh and Physicist Dr Jessica Wade who works in public engagement in STEM and advocacy for women in physics. Finally, are colourful birds more vulnerable? Researcher Dr Rebecca Senior from Durham University takes us through how the pet trade affects bird conservation. Presenter: Victoria Gill Producers: Emily Bird, Julian Siddle and Harrison Lewis

Law lecturer Zainab Naqvi discusses her award-winning presentation at this year's British Science Festival where she addressed belonging and what influences it in people.

New research suggests that children are losing one night's worth of sleep each week by using social media. In a study presented recently at the British Science Festival, researchers surveyed 60 10-year-old children about their sleep and social media use. The children averaged 8.7 hours of sleep each night, less than the recommended 9 to […] The post 281. Social media may cause kids to lose one night of sleep each week appeared first on Dr. David Geier - Feel and Perform Better Than Ever.

Tonight's guest is ISZI LAWRENCE! She is a writer, comedian, podcaster and History presenter. She has works credited on Netflix, BBC radio xtra, BBC radio 1 & BBC Radio 4's flag ship show, Making History (with Tom Holland). Before COVID restrictions, she performed bespoke History shows at events for The British Science Festival & she also runs workshops for academic institutions & schools teaching people to be engaging public speakers. She has hosted many podcasts including her latest witch is about Dinosaurs called Terrible Lizards with Dr Dave Hone. She has written The Unstoppable Letty Pegg (historic children's fiction book in 2020 and her next novel, Billie Swift Takes Flight was out this September. BILLIE SWIFT TAKES FLIGHT HISTORICAL FICTION AGES 8+ It is 1942. Billie witnesses a Spitfire crash, but when she returns to the site, the plane has disappeared. She infiltrates the local airfield, and is mistaken for a cadet. Will Billie tell the truth and get thrown out of flying school? Can she save the life, of her favourite chicken who has stopped laying eggs? Is one of her fellow ATA pilots a Nazi spy?! BECOME OUR FEATURED AUTHOR OF THE MONTH WITH THE WCCS #BOOK CLUB!: https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com/the-wccs-book-club If you want to join in with The Frontline 100k Walk, alongside host CJAggett, or would like to sponsor him, please visit here: https://events.soldierscharity.org/fundraisers/christopheraggett FOLLOW US ► Our website - https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link - https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag #TheWritingCommunityChatShow or #TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through #Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/WCCS?fan_landing=true ► For our #FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! - https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here - https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286

Learning with Comics: In the Panel Borders 90 minute Summer Special, Alex Fitch talks to illustrator Sally Kindberg, ecologist Chris Sandom, children’s writer Alex Frith, graphic novelist Daniel Locke and astrophysicist Kathy Romer about using comics for educational purposes in a panel discussion recorded at the British Science Festival. Also, guest presenter Robin Ince talks […]

For this episode we were on campus at the University of Warwick’s Family Day for the British Science Festival with Maddie Moate - a YouTube filmmaker, BAFTA winning presenter and the host of the BAFTA nominated CBeebies series “Do You Know?”, BBC Earth’s “Earth Unplugged”and CNBC’s technology series “The Cloud Challenge”. Maddie and Jon know each other from the CBeebies Christmas Show that Jon directs and in this episode we chat about: the CBeebies Christmas show how Maddie started out on YouTube why ‘Curiosity’ is so important Maddie’s favourite episodes of ‘Do You Know’ her travelling adventures across the world elephant poo Maddie also does a live biscuit review and answers questions including: where do you live? how do you choose what to make episodes of Do You Know about? which factories are your favourites? do you ever get tired? what is your favourite book? what is your favourite planet? what is your favourite giraffe?   LINKS Maddie on Instagram @maddiemoate Maddie on Twitter @maddiemoate Website maddiemoate.com   Credits Presenters: Jon Spooner & Mini Jon Sound Engineer & Editor: Andy Wood Additional sound design: Elena Pena Music: Public Service Broadcasting Producers: Jon Spooner, Alice Massey, Sarah Webb for Unlimited Consultancy: Storythings Graphic Design: Lee Goater The Unlimited Space Agency and The Space Shed are projects of Unlimited Theatre

The logic and principles behind the drive for evidence-based health care are so compelling that often the limitations of evidence go unacknowledged. Despite a strong evidence base demonstrating the health risks associated with higher body weights, and health professionals routinely instructing patients to lose weight to improve their health, the incidence of obesity is predicted to continue to rise. Calling on his research into the relationships between obesity, inequality and health, Oli Williams - a fellow of The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute - will argue that when it comes to reducing the burden on, and improving, health care a more critical approach to the way we generate, select, apply and communicate evidence is needed. Oli Williams completed his PhD in the Department of Sociology at the University of Leicester. He was subsequently awarded the NIHR CLAHRC West Dan Hill Fellowship in Health Equity which he held at the University of Bath. He later re-joined the University of Leicester in the Department of Health Sciences working in the SAPPHIRE Group and is now based at King's College London after being awarded a THIS Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship. His research focuses on health inequalities, the promotion of healthy lifestyles, obesity, weight stigma, equitable intervention and co-production. He co-founded the art collective Act With Love (AWL) to promote social change. The Weight of Expectation comic is one example of their work, view others at: www.actwithlove.co.uk In recognition of his work on weight stigma the British Science Association invited Oli to deliver the Margaret Mead Award Lecture for Social Sciences at the British Science Festival 2018. This talk was held as part of the Qualitative Research Methods course which is part of the Evidence-Based Health Care Programme.

For this episode we were on campus at the University of Warwick as part of the British Science Festival with lawyer and climate justice activist Harpreet Kaur Paul. In this episode Harpreet and Jon chat about: what “climate justice” is what the real effects of climate change are right now how human rights laws can help with fighting climate change why direct action (protest) is important what can we best do as individuals? and answers questions including: should my school start selling bottled water? how did you get into this line of work? what are the best ways to do “carbon offsetting”?   LINKS Harpreet on Twitter @HarpreetKPaul   Credits Presenters: Jon Spooner & Mini Jon Sound Engineer & Editor: Andy Wood Additional sound design: Elena Pena Music: Public Service Broadcasting Producers: Jon Spooner, Alice Massey, Sarah Webb for Unlimited Consultancy: Storythings Graphic Design: Lee Goater The Unlimited Space Agency and The Space Shed are projects of Unlimited Theatre

Episode 8 of the Get Work Savvy podcast brings you the inspiring story of how Yasmin discovered the world of Biomedical Science after originally looking to become a Doctor.Join me as I discover what a Biomedical Scientist does, how Yasmin was offered a place on a course she hadn’t applied for and how you can use the advice she offers in your quest to find your dream job.Books:Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View by Stanley MilgramAmazon link - https://amzn.to/2SNSfwUOn the Origin of Species by Charles DarwinAmazon link - https://amzn.to/2UO9zDFTrust Me I'm a Junior Doctor by Max PembertonAmazon link - https://amzn.to/2rEanhqThe Essential Turing: Seminal Writings in Computing, Logic, Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, and Artificial Life plus The Secrets of Enigma by Alan TuringAmazon link - https://amzn.to/2Qvu4XvWebsite and useful links recommended by Yasmin:- PLOS - Public Library of Science https://www.plos.org/- The British Science Festival is a great way of learning about what's going on in the world of science and the chance to meet all kinds of scientists, so great for networkinghttps://www.britishscienceassociation.org/british-science-festival- The Royal Society of Biology's website has a great career sectionhttps://www.rsb.org.uk/careers-and-cpd - Professional societies; there's a 'Society of...' pretty much every specialty so if someone has interest in a specific field of science Yasmin recommends finding which it is to check out the website and sign up for mailing lists etc and if actively pursuing this kind of career becoming a member of one, they have benefits and great opportunities - for example attendees got to meet Sir David Attenborough a few weeks ago as he had been a member of the Society for Applied Microbiology since he was a student! - The Science and Natural History Museums always have been and still are a worthwhile visit, or local equivalents if far from London. Bristol has a science center called We The Curious for example. - I'm a Scientist Get Me Out of Here; primarily held for school students of connect and ask scientists anything, there's a few competitions a year where scientists compete. A great example of public outreach and you can see lots of previous Q&As and has career zonehttps://imascientist.org.uk/Quote: "However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at." - Stephen Hawking"No results is still an answer." YasminKey takeaways:Doors will open without you knowing. If people see the good work you are doing and if you show the right drive and passion then when an opening presents itself, they will remember you.Take a chance! – If you don’t ask the question you will never know. If you decide to quit then you are guaranteed failure.Volunteer – by volunteering you have the chance to learn about your chosen career path and quite often you will learn or experience things that will be valuable later.It’s ok to be unsure – often people worry about being unsure, but remember the experts started somewhere. If in doubt, go with your gut. It's better to make a decision and be wrong than to stay stuck deliberating the perfect solution.There will be hard times – try to avoid being overly critical, find a way to remember why you are doing this.Exams wont stay wha

Last week I met up with one of the most influential figures in British science and science communication, Katherine Mathieson, Chief Executive of the British Science Association. The British Science Association is an organisation that plays a prominent role on the science scene over here in the UK. It's been around for almost 200 years now, since it was founded in 1831 as the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Its focus back then was on the communication of science amongst scientists but since then it’s evolved considerably and now it’s a far more outward looking organisation that seeks to engage the public with science through a variety of programmes, such as British Science Week and the British Science Festival, as well as public engagement campaigns both offline and digital. I had a fascinating conversation with Katherine at BSA's headquarters in London.  As you’d imagine, given her role, she's a passionate advocate of the importance of public engagement with science, so we spoke about why it matters and about the critical role that diversity has to play in science communication. We also chatted about public debates around emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, how digital media can be used to reach under-served audiences and we also spoke a lot about the BSA’s ambitious new mission to transform the relationship that millions of people in the UK have with science over the next couple of years. Check out the Research Comms Blog for more information, insights, resources and inspiration for communicating research in a digital age.

  2-Minute Tip: Tell a Story to Add Value   When presenting, we are often selling something. It may be a product, a service, or an idea. To be effective, though, don't just go through a barrage of features or details. It's the story that you can connect with your topic that gives it value. It's the story you tell that your audience will respond to and remember.   It's the story you tell that makes your subject rise above the fray.     Post Tip Discussion: Meet Iszi Lawrence The human brain is designed to listen to voices and designed to understand stories. -- Iszi Lawrence   Iszi Lawrence is a British comedian, podcaster, presenter, radio personality, and public speaking coach. She has more than a decade of experience talking in places from nightclubs to boardroom to the Oxford Union to the Tedx stage in Southhampton. You can learn more about Iszi by visiting Iszi.com.     I met Iszi through a Facebook discussion group. We had a wide ranging conversation about the comedy and speaking scenes in the UK, the value of human conversation, the differences in how aspiring male and female students tend to approach speaking, and the importance of acknowledging awkwardness.   Iszi answers the question few speakers ask: What do you do when Sir Ben Kingsley eats into your time?   We talked about a variety of websites and projects. You can find many of those links here:   Iszi Lawrence Home Page https://iszi.com/ Iszi Lawrence Public Speaking Newsletter https://iszi.com/newsletterpage Iszi Lawrence on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/iszi.lawrence Iszi Lawrence on Twitter https://twitter.com/iszi_lawrence Iszi Lawrence on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/iszitube/ Iszi Lawrence on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/iszi_lawrence/ Setisoppo Podcast http://www.setisoppo.com/ British Museum Membercast https://blog.britishmuseum.org/category/podcasts/ The Z List Dead List http://zlistdeadlist.libsyn.com/ British Science Festival https://www.britishsciencefestival.org/ Ugly Animal Preservation Society http://uglyanimalsoc.com/ Bright Club http://brightclub.org/   Call To Action:   Check out Iszi.com to learn more about Iszi and her projects. What are your thoughts about Iszi's comments and lessons? Share them in the comments below. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend, colleague, or stranger. Don't get best…get better

Dr Sue Black, Sarah Kember & Rhianna Pratchett live at the British Science Festival.

I'm in London for work! And I snuck in two podcasts in my favorite neighborhood of museums and science spaces in Kensington. First of three was at the British Science Association with Chief Executive Katherine Mathieson. Too often the public feels very distant from science and the scientific process; the BSA is changing that by changing people's perceptions of science and making it into a fun, cultural process. They have many public engagement programs on, and one of my favorites is the British Science Festival. Listen to find out more! Check out our show links at www.publichealthunited.org and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at PHUpodcast.

Lauren Laverne talks to technology evangelist Dr Sue Black, Professor of New Technologies at Goldsmiths University Sarah Kember, and games scriptwriter Rhianna Pratchett about the challenges and opportunities currently facing women working in technology, and about the ways in which new technologies cater to women or fail to do so. Recorded with an audience at the British Science Festival in Brighton. Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Laura Thomas.

From the man who gave away his genome under open consent, to the 'Mathematikado', this episode of the podcast features highlights from the British Science Festival in Brighton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Live from the British Science Festival, Rick and Michael unpack Spike Jonze’s computer love story “Her”. Featuring the disembodied voices of author and psychotherapist Dr Aaron Balick and web psychologist Nathalie Nahai. https://radiowolfgang.com/s/scienceish

The government has announced that tiny pieces of plastic in personal beauty products that end up in the oceans will be banned from sale in the UK. But given their size how much of a problem are minuscule bits of plastic to marine life? Gareth Mitchell meets Professor Richard Thompson of Plymouth University to uncover the marine biology concerns that have led to the micro bead ban. However much we watch animals in the wild we can't really know what they get up to. Rory Wilson, Professor of Zoology at Swansea University, has found a way to eavesdrop on animals that live in remote parts of the world and he's revealed some of his latest discoveries at the British Science Festival in Swansea today. He's developed a logging device that collects a whopping amount of data - 400 items each second. His daily diary collects amongst other measurements, location, magnetic field, temperature, and pressure. Before his talk, Adam Rutherford went along to Rory Wilson's lab and found out which animals he's attached the logger to and discovered their secret life. In the final entry of this year's shortlist for the Royal Society book prize Jo Marchant discusses Cure - which examines how the mind plays a crucial role in health. Our thoughts, emotions and beliefs, it seems, can ease pain, heal wounds, fend off infection and heart disease and even slow the progression of AIDS and some cancers. So what is the potential of the mind to heal - and what are its limits? As many as 530 key infrastructure sites across England are still vulnerable to flooding, according to a government review out today. Southampton University researchers want to understand better how floods happen and how to predict them. Beyond burst river banks and breached defences, they're building up a more detailed picture, house by house, and street by street of what happens when water levels rise. For that they need data, lots of it going back as far as possible. Ivan Haigh at the National Oceanography Centre and his colleagues are pulling all kinds of photos and records together in an interactive multi-purpose online shared database called Surgewatch. Presenter Gareth Mitchell Producer Adrian Washbourne.

From 'plastic' solar panels to flexible electronics, and quantum mechanics to regenerative medicine, we found out about the exciting research of the nominated rising star scientists at the British Science Festival... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

From 'plastic' solar panels to flexible electronics, and quantum mechanics to regenerative medicine, we found out about the exciting research of the nominated rising star scientists at the British Science Festival... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Have you ever heard of someone dying of a broken heart? In fact, it is remarkably common for elderly people who were previously healthy to die soon after their spouse. But why? New research from the University of Birmingham has discovered that it is down to reduced functioning of the immune system during times of stress. This leaves older people susceptible to bacterial infections like pneumonia, which can be deadly. At the British Science Festival, Ginny Smith caught up with Dr Anna Philips and asked her why she had decided to study the health of people after they had lost a loved one. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

You may have heard reports of seemingly healthy young athletes suddenly dropping down dead in the middle of a game. Professor Paulus Kirchhoff from the University of Birmingham studies the genetic defects that lead to this condition- a rare form of heart disease which exercise actually makes worse.At the British Science Festival, Ginny Smith wanted to find out more. She started by asking him how big a problem this condition really is. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

You may have heard reports of seemingly healthy young athletes suddenly dropping down dead in the middle of a game. Professor Paulus Kirchhoff from the University of Birmingham studies the genetic defects that lead to this condition- a rare form of heart disease which exercise actually makes worse.At the British Science Festival, Ginny Smith wanted to find out more. She started by asking him how big a problem this condition really is. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Have you ever heard of someone dying of a broken heart? In fact, it is remarkably common for elderly people who were previously healthy to die soon after their spouse. But why? New research from the University of Birmingham has discovered that it is down to reduced functioning of the immune system during times of stress. This leaves older people susceptible to bacterial infections like pneumonia, which can be deadly. At the British Science Festival, Ginny Smith caught up with Dr Anna Philips and asked her why she had decided to study the health of people after they had lost a loved one. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Cancer is one of the world's biggest killers, and current treatments often have terrible side effects. So scientists have begun looking into ways to help the body's own defenses fight back. When have a bacterial or viral infection, our immune systems go into overdrive to tackle the invader and protect our bodies. If it were possible to harness this line of attack and use it against cancer, this could open up a whole new method of treating the disease.At the British Science Festival, Ginny Smith talked to Louise and Vanessa, both PhD students at Birmingham University, about their research on... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Cancer is one of the world's biggest killers, and current treatments often have terrible side effects. So scientists have begun looking into ways to help the body's own defenses fight back. When have a bacterial or viral infection, our immune systems go into overdrive to tackle the invader and protect our bodies. If it were possible to harness this line of attack and use it against cancer, this could open up a whole new method of treating the disease.At the British Science Festival, Ginny Smith talked to Louise and Vanessa, both PhD students at Birmingham University, about their research on... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

In this episode, we meet Sarah's Italian greyhound and get an update on the boat build, which is underway. The big decision now: what colour should the boat be. We talk about training regimes and Sarah's 4-hour roundtrip commute to her training site. Sarah will be appearing at the British Science Festival on 6th September, where she'll be delivery a stand-up comedy routine. There's this and much more in this episode. #italiangreyhound #vikings #hurricane #bertha #VOR #interiordesign #headlinesponsor #STEM #standupcomedy #birmingham #womenonwater #womenofdiscovery #bbcinsidescience Special shout outs to @UoNCVA @vikingminds @RannochNews @TechnopopLondon @ScienceShowoff @BritishScienceAssociat @eddieizzard @dryrobe #oartech #sparkleasaspeaker @YorkshireTea @SchoolSpeakers @DrAliceRoberts @Cumbria_Lakes @BritishRowing and @NikiSchafer

This is the second and final part of our interview with Colm Mulcahy. Last week we talked about card magic; in this part we moved on to the subject of Martin Gardner and the gatherings of interesting people associated with his name. We've tacked on some blather we recorded about the British Science Festival in…

This is the second and final part of our interview with Colm Mulcahy. Last week we talked about card magic; in this part we moved on to the subject of Martin Gardner and the gatherings of interesting people associated with his name. We’ve tacked on some blather we recorded about the British Science Festival in…

The Victorian Science Spectacular came to Newcastle as part of the British Science Festival, and Ginny Smith went along to see what it was all about, and caught up with some of the performers afterwards. Dr Aileen Fyfe and Prof. Iwan Morus showed what new technologies the Victorians would have been astounded at, and discussed why we need to think about the past when doing science. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Ancient parasites could be used to cure severe allergy sufferers according to new research from the University of Cambridge. Matt Burnett discovers how Dr Piers Mitchell has unearthed which parasites infected our ancient ancestors. Doctors could use these parasites, which have co-evolved with us, to divert the attention of an overactive immune system away from allergens. This could be the best way to treat patients with severe allergies like asthma and hay fever, and may even have implications for other diseases like inflammatory bowel disease. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Ancient parasites could be used to cure severe allergy sufferers according to new research from the University of Cambridge. Matt Burnett discovers how Dr Piers Mitchell has unearthed which parasites infected our ancient ancestors. Doctors could use these parasites, which have co-evolved with us, to divert the attention of an overactive immune system away from allergens. This could be the best way to treat patients with severe allergies like asthma and hay fever, and may even have implications for other diseases like inflammatory bowel disease. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The Victorian Science Spectacular came to Newcastle as part of the British Science Festival, and Ginny Smith went along to see what it was all about, and caught up with some of the performers afterwards. Dr Aileen Fyfe and Prof. Iwan Morus showed what new technologies the Victorians would have been astounded at, and discussed why we need to think about the past when doing science. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week after public vote, the Blobfish was announced to be the world's ugliest animal. The poll was run by Ugly Animal Preservation Society, a group of comedians and scientists who are part of a comedy show aiming to champion some of nature's more aesthetically challenged creatures. Naked Scientist Priya Crosby spoke to president of the society Simon Watt, along with some other members of the cast, to find out more about the project.Warning: This podcast contains one instance of strong, manure-based language. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week after public vote, the Blobfish was announced to be the world's ugliest animal. The poll was run by Ugly Animal Preservation Society, a group of comedians and scientists who are part of a comedy show aiming to champion some of nature's more aesthetically challenged creatures. Naked Scientist Priya Crosby spoke to president of the society Simon Watt, along with some other members of the cast, to find out more about the project.Warning: This podcast contains one instance of strong, manure-based language. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Sugata Mitra's 'Hole in the Wall' experiments in a New Delhi slum showed how easily children can learn using the internet, with no adult supervision or guidance. He terms this Minimally Invasive Education, and has since repeated the experiment in many different countries. This year, he has been awarded the TED prize to develop his idea further, so Ginny Smith tracked him down at the British Science Festival to find out more about how children can learn, without a teacher. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Sugata Mitra's 'Hole in the Wall' experiments in a New Delhi slum showed how easily children can learn using the internet, with no adult supervision or guidance. He terms this Minimally Invasive Education, and has since repeated the experiment in many different countries. This year, he has been awarded the TED prize to develop his idea further, so Ginny Smith tracked him down at the British Science Festival to find out more about how children can learn, without a teacher. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Dancing is a complicated skill, and learning a new routine changes the brain. Ginny Smith caught up with Antonia Hamilton and Emily Cross at the British Science Festival to find out more about their research, and how it might be shedding light on the differences in the way children with autism learn. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The population of the modern world is ageing. However, not everyone's quality of ageing is equal and simple factors, such as where we live, can have a major impact on how healthy we are in to old age. Peter Gore, Professor of Practice for Ageing and Vitality at Newcastle University is part of a group which is using real people in a simulation to investigate how we can improve our quality of life in to old age. Naked Scientist Priya Crosby spoke to Professor Gore at the British Science Festival 2013 to find out more about how this simulation could change the way that we cope with ageing. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The population of the modern world is ageing. However, not everyone's quality of ageing is equal and simple factors, such as where we live, can have a major impact on how healthy we are in to old age. Peter Gore, Professor of Practice for Ageing and Vitality at Newcastle University is part of a group which is using real people in a simulation to investigate how we can improve our quality of life in to old age. Naked Scientist Priya Crosby spoke to Professor Gore at the British Science Festival 2013 to find out more about how this simulation could change the way that we cope with ageing. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Dancing is a complicated skill, and learning a new routine changes the brain. Ginny Smith caught up with Antonia Hamilton and Emily Cross at the British Science Festival to find out more about their research, and how it might be shedding light on the differences in the way children with autism learn. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Rutherford Appleton Central Laser Facility scientist Dr Ceri Brenner enlightens Ginny Smith about the world of lasers at the British Science Festival, 2013. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Physicist Chris Frost explains, at the British Science Festival 2013, how cosmic rays disrupt the everyday technologies we rely on, as he outlines for Naked Scientist Priya Crosby... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Rutherford Appleton Central Laser Facility scientist Dr Ceri Brenner enlightens Ginny Smith about the world of lasers at the British Science Festival, 2013. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Physicist Chris Frost explains, at the British Science Festival 2013, how cosmic rays disrupt the everyday technologies we rely on, as he outlines for Naked Scientist Priya Crosby... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

PrimeGrid is a volunteer computing project that gives participants the chance to be the discoverer of a new world record prime number! In addition, we are working towards the solution of several mathematical problems which have remained unsolved for over 50 years. The talk will cover some basic facts about prime numbers, the history of the search for large primes (and a little of the maths!), and show the audience how they can use their computers to join PrimeGrid and find new primes of their own. This talk was given at the British Science Festival on Sat 7th September 2013 by Iain Bethune of EPCC.

A special podcast with Mr Bill Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly Everything. This science communication interview was recorded for the x-change, as part of my work at the British Science Festival 2012 in Aberdeen. So although this wasn’t specifically recorded for Speaking of Science, I think it was still a great opportunity, and […]The post Speaking to… Bill Bryson appeared first on Speaking of Science » Podcast Feed.

It’s not often that I am in the company of those who have written best-selling books about science, history, travelling and world culture. They are very rare people. But last week, during the British Science Festival in Aberdeen, I hadThe post In conversation with Bill Bryson appeared first on Julie Gould » Julie Gould.

Will we find life in a lake trapped under 3 kilometres of ice? How can living above an abandoned mine cut your heating bills? What is the future for diet foods? This week, we bring you the best from the British Science Festival in Aberdeen. We also discuss the Higgs and antimatter, how plastics are affecting our health and how to recreate the colours of fossilised insects...

Will we find life in a lake trapped under 3 kilometres of ice? How can living above an abandoned mine cut your heating bills? What is the future for diet foods? This week, we bring you the best from the British Science Festival in Aberdeen. We also discuss the Higgs and antimatter, how plastics are affecting our health and how to recreate the colours of fossilised insects... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Will we find life in a lake trapped under 3 kilometres of ice? How can living above an abandoned mine cut your heating bills? What is the future for diet foods? This week, we bring you the best from the British Science Festival in Aberdeen. We also discuss the Higgs and antimatter, how plastics are affecting our health and how to recreate the colours of fossilised insects... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

In the final of our special series of programmes from the British Science Festival, we find out how researchers will be drilling through over 3 kilometres of ice to find out what's hiding in subglacial Lake Ellsworth. Plus, how a high fat diet may alter the brain... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

In the final of our special series of programmes from the British Science Festival, we find out how researchers will be drilling through over 3 kilometres of ice to find out what's hiding in subglacial Lake Ellsworth. Plus, how a high fat diet may alter the brain... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

In this special edition of the Naked Scientists from the British Science Festival, we get the latest news from the Large Hadron Collider, including their scientific shopping list, and find out how heat pumps could extract household heating from abandoned mines... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

In this special edition of the Naked Scientists from the British Science Festival, we get the latest news from the Large Hadron Collider, including their scientific shopping list, and find out how heat pumps could extract household heating from abandoned mines... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

In the second special programme from the British Science Festival in Aberdeen, we discover the technology for seeing through your clothes and find out why "Lonely heart" teenage water voles can save whole populations. Plus, we discover why NASA is returning to the Van Allen Belt, and explore the diet foods of the future, which will make you feel fuller for longer. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

In the second special programme from the British Science Festival in Aberdeen, we discover the technology for seeing through your clothes and find out why "Lonely heart" teenage water voles can save whole populations. Plus, we discover why NASA is returning to the Van Allen Belt, and explore the diet foods of the future, which will make you feel fuller for longer. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

In this, the first of a series of special podcasts from the British Science Festival, we discover the Wang Particle, find out how technology can help people stay more able until later in life, and how fossils are revealing their true colours... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

In this, the first of a series of special podcasts from the British Science Festival, we discover the Wang Particle, find out how technology can help people stay more able until later in life, and how fossils are revealing their true colours... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The recent devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Chile were reminders of the power of the Earth and what terrible damage can be caused by such tremors. But what do we know about earthquakes? And can we predict when they might occur? A special event was held to discuss these questions at the 2010 British Science Festival in Birmingham, bringing together scientists from across the UK. Julia Graham speaks to quake experts, Professors Roger Musson, Barry Parsons and Ian Main to find out more... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The recent devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Chile were reminders of the power of the Earth and what terrible damage can be caused by such tremors. But what do we know about earthquakes? And can we predict when they might occur? A special event was held to discuss these questions at the 2010 British Science Festival in Birmingham, bringing together scientists from across the UK. Julia Graham speaks to quake experts, Professors Roger Musson, Barry Parsons and Ian Main to find out more... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

We explore the history of Pi, examine rheumatoid arthritis and seek the science of sleep in this roundup of the British Science Festival. In the news, we hear how to read the history of the solar system on the surface of the moon, and discover a development in quantum computing. Plus, we launch Naked Engineering, stripping off the image of dirty overalls to discover how engineers solve real-world problems. Diana asks if olive oil is healthier than butter in our Question of the Week.

We explore the history of Pi, examine rheumatoid arthritis and seek the science of sleep in this roundup of the British Science Festival. In the news, we hear how to read the history of the solar system on the surface of the moon, and discover a development in quantum computing. Plus, we launch Naked Engineering, stripping off the image of dirty overalls to discover how engineers solve real-world problems. Diana asks if olive oil is healthier than butter in our Question of the Week. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

We explore the history of Pi, examine rheumatoid arthritis and seek the science of sleep in this roundup of the British Science Festival. In the news, we hear how to read the history of the solar system on the surface of the moon, and discover a development in quantum computing. Plus, we launch Naked Engineering, stripping off the image of dirty overalls to discover how engineers solve real-world problems. Diana asks if olive oil is healthier than butter in our Question of the Week. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

When science-y people from the online world meet, great things tend to happen. In this episode, we interview various participants during the recent Science Online conference in London to find out why they came and what they got out of it. Also, we bring you cultural news related to the mathematicians GH Hardy and Srinivasa Ramanujan, the artist Eadweard Muybridge and a few silly references to HG Wells. We even quote the evolutionary rap of Baba Brinkman, who's currently wowing the British Science Festival. Join Jenny and Richard in London for these stories and more from the world of science in art, literature and popular culture!

This week we find out about bionic bodies. We discover whether it's possible to mend a broken heart with stem cells as well as investigate if soft nanobots could soon be delivering drugs around our bodies. We also bring you the highlights from this years British Science Festival. Plus, in Kitchen Science, we hit the kitchen to investigate one of natures composite materials - a chicken bone!

This week we find out about bionic bodies. We discover whether it's possible to mend a broken heart with stem cells as well as investigate if soft nanobots could soon be delivering drugs around our bodies. We also bring you the highlights from this years British Science Festival. Plus, in Kitchen Science, we hit the kitchen to investigate one of natures composite materials - a chicken bone! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

This week we find out about bionic bodies. We discover whether it's possible to mend a broken heart with stem cells as well as investigate if soft nanobots could soon be delivering drugs around our bodies. We also bring you the highlights from this years British Science Festival. Plus, in Kitchen Science, we hit the kitchen to investigate one of natures composite materials - a chicken bone! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists