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While on the road with the ‘Bang Goes The Theory’ team and working as a science busker at Dr. Yan’s table in the BBC interactive area we captured some footage of the things we were doing. Dallas Campbell joins the table and can’t help but join in. Continue reading “Suck Squeeze Bang Blow”

Good news everyone! And especially for me as I get to join my fellow science explainers, demonstrators and performers in quite a lot of science busking at the Cheltenham Science Festival.

I’ll be joining ‘Dr D’, Vicki Dennison and science roadshow veteran Chris Hampsheir in the BBC Science Zone, situated in the Square. Meet the production teams responsible for some of your favourite BBC science programmes, explore the content further, get hands-on with science and have the opportunity to quiz their family of expert presenters in an informal setting. Continue reading “Upcoming event – Cheltenham Science Festival”

I’ve recently been discussing the mechanisms of effective science communication and was challenged to suggest a good ‘how to’ guide. Truth is… you don’t need one, but that isn’t to say that you don’t need training to learn it. In fact, the description across the top of this blog contains all the fundamental rules.

It talks of two things, finding the right words and of getting someone to explain them. I’ll share some pointers on both of them now but they are addressed using the same method. Continue reading “You couldn’t make it up!”