This week, Science for the People is looking at brain injuries, and the ways they change the lives of patients. They talk to Jason Padgett and Maureen Seaberg, authors of Struck by Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel. They also speak to neuroscientist Dr. Adrian Owen about his brain imaging research detecting awareness in vegetative patients.
*Josh provides research help to Science for the People and is, therefore, completely biased.
Lydia Kasumi Shirreff can create most anything out of paper. The UK-based paper sculptor has turned flattened sheets of dead trees into eye-popping 3D models of plants, animals, building, and food, just to name a few. But my fave is the geology-inspired work she produced for a 2011 show called Animal, Vegetable, Mineral. Paper, scissors, meet rock.
Want to travel the world visiting science festivals? You could, if you wanted to.
The first major science festival of the year is already over. Techfest (Asia’s largest science/tech festival) ran from January 2 to 5 in Bombay, India. It’s an annual event, so consider this a heads-up for 2016.
Below is a list of science festivals for the rest of 2015. It doesn’t include all science festivals – there are way too many. Instead, it lists some throughout the year, across the world, including some of the biggest ones. For a more complete list see this 2011 post on Schemes and Memes.
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
I challenge you to visit all of them! (Good luck on May 9…)
*OK, maybe more biology than chemistry, but cupid hates pedants.
Happy Valentine’s Day (one day in advance)!
The Finch and Pea 