CAN VITAMINS stop your brain from shrinking with age? Will reading telltale signs in a person’s face deliver more accurate lie detection? And why on earth would scientists want to create artificial volcanoes?
These and many other science questions will be answered over the coming week as the annual British Science Association Festival of Science gets under way.
The festival takes place at Bradford University this year and promises the usual eclectic mix offering the wild, weird and wonderful about science.
Hundreds of the world’s leading research scientists will be on hand to deliver talks and presentations to the general public.
The usual schools programmes will also take place, attracting thousands of local pupils from primary through secondary school.
Each day The Irish Timeswill provide coverage of the event filed by Science Editor Dick Ahlstrom and by Amy Strange, an Oxford-based research scientist on placement at The Irish Timesas part of the Association's Media Fellows programme.
There will be daily reportage from today through Friday, with stories on cancer treatments, environmental issues, health and lifestyle research, astronomy and more.
The British Science Association was formed in 1831 to help publicise the latest findings in scientific research. It runs the annual festival and the UK’s engineering week along with programmes for schools and other public events.
More information about the British Science Association and the Festival is available at britishscienceassociation.org/web/ index.htm