Scicomm Archives - Science Oxford

Super science vlogger Charlie McDonnell to rock the Sheldonian

Science Oxford presents star YouTube science vlogger in conversation with host Sally Le Page on 27th April 2017 at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. Enter the world of ‘Fun Science’ with…

Fran Day Stands Up for science at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

A few weeks ago I took my one-woman stand-up show Physics Fan Fiction to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Physics Fan Fiction takes an irreverent and occasionally surreal look at what…

Extreme Science at Cheltenham Science Festival

From ‘Extreme medicine’ to G-Astronomy, Science Oxford’s Rowena Fletcher-Wood practises her poker-face and shares a taste of this summer’s Cheltenham Science Festival. “We have three support systems: our body, our planet and our civilisation”. At…

How a singing maths teacher won hearts and minds at Famelab 2016

Famelab 2016 winner Kyle Evans explains the inspiration behind his folk-math style which won him top spot at the Oxford regional heats and the national finals. Having toured the UK…

The Heart and the Head

I greeted the T-Rex, grabbed myself a paper brain and a paper heart and sat comfortably on my chair, listening to the sound of a folk band. No, this isn’t…

Just for Graphs

Maths is dull and boring – right? Something you have to learn in school and not the first thing you would think of as a topic for a successful comedy…

Making of the ‘Amazing Animal Record Breakers’ show

Have you ever wondered which animal is the biggest, fastest, smelliest or loudest? This summer, Oxfordshire County Council invited us to put on a science show for children at libraries across the county. We…

Are you an insect magnet?

Have you ever wondered why you’re always covered in mosquito bites but your friends aren’t? Why you’re forever running from bees? Or why thick clouds of midges swarm around your…

Science Of Cycling

A little learning in Oxford Still learning. That’s my lesson from the Cycling Science tour in Oxford on the longest day of the year. Even though I’d led it a few…

FameLab success!

Three weeks of judging and forty applicants later it was finally time for Oxford’s eight chosen FameLab finalists to take to the stage. Anticipation and excitement was high amongst the crowds of…