Ada Lovelace day is an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths which aims to increase the profile of women in STEM and create new role models for both girls and women studying or working in STEM. Founded by Suw Charman-Anderson, it is now held every year on the […]
Most plants can’t walk. Seed dispersal, or the movement of seeds from a parent plant to a new location where a child plant can germinate, take root and grow, is important because it allows plant populations to reach new locations and habitats. Seeds that are well adapted for wind dispersal have structures that increase drag, […]
Come to our Pi Lab to try your hand at coding, crafting, or both! Use some of our electronic gadgets to light up LEDs in every colour under the sun, hook them up with conductive thread so that your home-knitted socks twinkle as you walk, express the Keeling Curve by the sample rate of your […]
A meeting of like-minded individuals applying their STEM talents to the art of baking and crafts. Bring science themed cupcakes and mathematical meringues to share, and spend an hour knitting a numbat, painting a peptostreptococcus, quilting a quaternary arch, or borrow a crochet hook and start your own amigurumi STEM role model library or coral reef. Alternatively, just […]