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Posted 01/06/2021

Mission Mars: The 17 year old girl who has been preparing her whole life, to be one of the first humans to go to Mars. 17 year old Alyssa Carson...

Posted 04/03/2019

It’s that time of the year again – fabric is strewn across living rooms nationwide as parents put the finishing touches onto World...

Posted 19/05/2017

It’s that time of year again. The Sun has poked out from behind its usual wall of cloud for a few days, and we’ve prepped wonderful outdoor...

Posted 28/04/2017

Our kids’ science questions blog series is getting a science fiction flavour again as we consider is it possible to travel faster than light. In...

Posted 31/03/2017

Our regular blog series providing answers to the science questions kids ask is getting a little sci-fi flavour. First in this mini-series we ask...

Posted 24/03/2017

We tackle 10 of the most common misconceptions in science and false facts. We only use 10% of our brain If only we could unlock that other 90%...

Posted 24/02/2017

It might have been difficult to notice through Storm Doris yesterday, but with every day there is a sunrise and a sunset. In between, the familiar...

Posted 22/02/2017

We’re all about fun kids’ science activities and making discoveries through play. It encourages scientific understanding, it develops...

Posted 10/02/2017

If your child asks you this question, don’t feel you actually need to know the answer. Nobody knows, which makes it a great question. Forget UFOs...

Posted 07/02/2017

“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and about what makes the universe exist. Be...

Posted 24/01/2017

“There’s something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge” – Sally Ride. Sally Ride, the first female...

Posted 11/01/2017

This is one that lots of people get wrong, even people who know quite a bit about science. I used to train planetarium presenters at a science...