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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…

From ‘diabesity’ to poop pills, find out what’s new in the world of weight loss with Ashley and Emily Grossman

Undercover the link between your waistline and your health, as Ashley Grossman, emeritus Professor of Endocrinology University of Oxford, is interviewed by @DrEmilyGrossman on Thursday, the 26th January at the Martin Wood…

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…

Join us ‘Under The Sea’ LiveFriday at the Ashmolean

We are so excited to be coming along to the ever popular Ashmolean LiveFriday on the 9th September. Climb aboard for the Science Oxford Boat Challenge and hold tight for a…

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…

Oxford: Hands-On Science!

Ping! You had one new email. It said: “Not sure that you’d be interested, but you’ll be in Oxford that week so I thought maybe you’d want to do one…

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…

Gunge for Grown-ups

It’s my second day at Science Oxford, and I’m already working an event – and not a straightforward, turn up, smile and take tickets on the door kind of event,…

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…

Tara’s trip to Cheltenham Science Festival

What fascinates us in imagining dinosaurs the size of hotels roaming through our cities or in having our own personal hover-boards and self-cleaning clothes? And do cult classics inspire science?…