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Festival 2024 is now behind us…

November 23, 2024November 23, 2024yorxbroxLeave a comment

Another great range of events and a really popular Fair day. Thanks as ever to our presenters, stall holders and volunteers who made it possible. And, of course, thanks to everyone who came to join us. Here’s a small look back at some of the activities:

Lastly, I’m going to pick out one chart from Friday’s presentation “When Antarctica Was Green” by Dame Professor Jane Francis, Director of the British Antarctic Survey. It shows the results of using ice cores to directly see CO2 levels over the last 800,000 years (well beyond the arrival of homo sapiens).

At no time over those years was CO2 above 300ppm. It is now 422ppm. She said that in the past, when it was above 400ppm sea levels were 5-10m higher than they are now…

You can find more photos from this year and from past Festivals on our Flickr group at https://flic.kr/g/gvMsL

Next stop: Festival 2024

September 20, 2024September 16, 2024yorxbroxLeave a comment

With the September Science Café behind us it’s now on the Festival 2024!

As a new departure we’re kicking off on a Sunday, November 10th, with a family Science Show in the afternoon and then the return of our Science Film, the 1951 classic “The Day The Earth Stood Still”

After that we have the usual busy week of daytime schools shows and evening sessions, a Friday matinée show and the ever popular Science Fair on Saturday 16th.

In quick summary this is what’s on offer (schools show details here):

Sunday 10th, 2pm – Adventures in Science family show
Sunday 10th, 7.30pm – the 1951 classic film The Day The Earth Stood Still
Monday 11th, 10.30am – Early Explorers (for under 5s – at Otley Children’s Centre)
Wednesday 13th, 7.30pm – Festival week Science Café
Thursday 14th, 7.30pm – From Grain to Glass, the Science behind Beer with Ilkley Brewery
Friday 15th 2pm matinee – the Science of the Singing Voice with Professor Dr Helena Daffern
Friday 15th, 8pm – When Antarctica Was Green with Dame Professor Jane Francis, Director of the British Antarctic Survey
Saturday 16th 10am – 4pm – the ever popular, family oriented Science Fair
Saturday 16th, 8pm – AI, Technology Evolution and Ethics with Rashik Parmar MBE, CEO of the British Computer Society

The full information on all of these events and ticket links can, of course, be found on the Science Festival 2024 page.

Summer? Well, June Science Café…

May 22, 2024yorxbrox1 Comment

Things can only get better… maybe. No, let’s be positive. Long summer days are nearly here and so is the June Science Café. Below is the poster, or you can follow the link for all the information on the Science Café page

2024 – the First Science Café

February 13, 2024yorxbroxLeave a comment

Winter must be leaving us now, the first Science Café of ‘24 is coming up. Here’s the glossy:

You can find additional details on the Science Cafés page here

That was 2023

December 31, 2023yorxbroxLeave a comment

Here’s a quick look back at some bits of this year’s festival. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen, the Courthouse, all our excellent presenters and of course you, the people who came.

And so on to 2024, starting with our first Science Café on Thursday March 14th. You can find all our dates for the year on our calendar page here.

Otley Science Festival 2023, here we go!

October 30, 2023October 31, 2023yorxbroxLeave a comment

November 13th – 18th, with additional activities on Sunday 19th.

Another great, packed Festival week with top speakers on diverse topics (family show Ultimate Dinosaurs; When the Antarctic Was Green with the Director of the British Antarctic Survey; an exploration of Roman medicine and BBC Science presenter Adam Rutherford on Control about eugenics), another Science Quiz (with food option), a Science Café, and something different – a Friday evening introduction to cheese science, with tasting!

Plus our popular, family oriented, free Science Fair (Saturday 10-4) is bigger than ever, overflowing into the Bridge Church and Otley Library.

All the info you need in on the Festival 2023 page

15th Otley Science Festival: November 13th – 18th

June 28, 2023June 28, 2023yorxbroxLeave a comment

We’ve been working at it for quite a while and now have confirmed another great line up for this, our 15th Science Festival.

Once again we have a set of great speakers on diverse topics, another Science Quiz (with food option), a Science Café, and something different – a Friday evening introduction to cheese science, with tasting! Plus, of course, a series of daytime schools shows.

In addition the popular Science Fair (Saturday 18th) will be bigger than ever – we have expanded into an additional venue, the nearby Bridge Church, to provide more space for activities, stalls and workshops. Not to be missed!!

You can find the full schedule here on the Festival 2023 page. As we write there are a few session details to be added, plus we’re not yet selling tickets. But watch this space and all will be complete soon 🙂

Otley Science Festival 2022 is on its way!

July 7, 2022July 20, 2022yorxbrox2 Comments

We’ve been working on this year’s Science Festival for quite a while and can now share the shape of the week, beginning Monday 14th November.

This is how it looks:

Monday 14th, 7.30pm – The return of our Science Quiz, this time in person at Otley Courthouse, including the option of a fish and chip / vegetarian supper
Tuesday 15th, 7.30pm – Professor Chris Jackson on ‘The Geological Record of Climate Change’
Wednesday 16th, 7.30pm – Science Café
Thursday 17th, 7.30pm – Family friendly “Stunt Science” with Marty Jopson
Friday 18th 2pm matinee with Kersten Hall on ‘Insulin’
Friday 18th, 7.30pm – Matthew Cobb: ‘The Genetic Age – Our Perilous Quest To Edit Life’
Saturday 19th 10am – 4pm the ever popular Science Fair
Saturday 19th, 7.30pm – Yorkshire’s own Paul Hudson talking about Yorkshire’s weather, climate change and his life on TV.

In addition, running over Tuesday to Thursday evening between 6pm and 7pm we will have a guided book reading by Greg Radick. The book is Charles Darwin’s ‘The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals’.

As well as these public events there will be events for schools (KS1 and KS2) running Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday daytimes. Home schoolers are welcome to join these.

Full details of the shows, prices and booking information will be added to the web site shortly.