There is a never-ending race between science and science fiction. Whilst science fiction writers manage to come up with surprising ideas, scientists and new technologies never fail to catch up. Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that many times sci-fi has correctly predicted the shape our societies can take in the future Dr Roberto Trotta (a…
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Norwich Science Festival 2018: The Psychology of Psychopaths – Is Your Partner Trying to Kill You?
Would you hire a psychopath? Do psychopaths make great sportspeople? Is your partner a psychopath? I attended a talk with Steve Gaskin at the Norwich Science Festival to uncover these truths and try to understand a little more about the mind of a psychopathic killer. Steve Gaskin is a former Metropolitan Police Detective and now…
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Norwich Science Festival 2018: Norwich researchers could build robots out of DNA
On October 25, Dr Zoe Waller, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Biology at the UEA School of Pharmacy, gave a talk at Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form. Dr Waller’s research focuses on alternative DNA structures. The talk, called “The Changing Shape of DNA”, was part of the Norwich Science Festival. When most people think of DNA,…
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Norwich Science Festival 2018: The Molecular World Inside You
Hans Pfalzgraf, a researcher at UCL, gave a fascinating talk about the molecules found inside the human body. Primarily, the molecules which Hans found most exciting and wanted to share his knowledge of. Hans started out by showing two images of DNA, one which was twisting clockwise and the other anticlockwise. He explained this, with…
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Norwich Science Festival 2018: Technology Day
Wednesday the 24th was technology day at the Norwich science festival and was sponsored by Vattenfall. It focused on new branches of technology being developed right now, such as: robotics, virtual reality and renewable energy. The atmosphere was that of a curious nature, everyone was learning about the latest developments in technology. A Stand run…
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Norwich Science Festival 2018: Bakineering with Andrew Smyth
What an interesting, fun and tasty show by the 2016 Bake-Off finalist Andrew Smyth at the Sir Isaac Newton Sixth form. He says himself on his website that “if you need a baked good engineered, I reckon I’m your man,” and Andrew did not disappoint. Using baking to explore the world of engineering of a spacecraft in orbit as well as its…
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What Will Happen to Our Archipelago’s?
Patrick Barkham introduces himself, as well as his book Islander: A Journey Around Our Archipelago showing a projection of the book cover decorated with some of the British Isles atop of the United Kingdom and Ireland. He begins his talk with a game of spot the difference of what convincingly seems to be the same…
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Norwich Science Festival 2018: Drone Racing
When I first heard about a Drone Racing event at the Norwich Science Festival, I couldn’t wait to see these machines first hand, however after chatting to the event organiser, I found out about the amazing work the charity behind the event completes across the world. The event was aimed at children with an interest…
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Liveblog: Young Communications Team cover the Norwich Science Festival
An ode to science: reflections on the festival In the week following a celebration, it’s always important to reflect on the impact of an event. The Norwich Science Festival took place between 21-29 of October, hosting in excess of 125 events (and thousands more people!) ranging from a talk by Helen Sharman- Britain’s First Astronaut-…
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