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Art & Society. . .
We are here 3.0 : This year's festival, now on at venues around Dublin, explores contemporary urban experience through technology and live performance, probing the lives of citizens online, and offline in the real world. Different, and definitely worth a look. Until July 5.
Art and Darwin 200: celebrations have begun at the great man's birthplace in Shrewsbury, with an art exhibition by noted Irish artist Dorothy Cross, who spent time in the Galapagos Islands last year (we are envious as hell!) on a Gulbenkian artist residency. Her exhibition, Stage, is in the town's Unitarian Church, where Darwin attended as a small child with his mother. Meanwhile, plans proceed for a programme of Darwin 200 events in Ireland. Contact egill@wit.ie if you would like to contribute.
Through the looking glass: world premiere of an exhibition at the National Botanic Gardens by artist and sculptor Jon Mitton, promises "a perspective into nature in its element, seen through the magic of three-dimensional portals". 'For Alice' runs July 2-22. Adm free.
Imagining the planet: Art & Science Collaborations Inc (ASCI) is inviting artists, designers, scientists and, well, anyone it seems... "to examine their environmental concerns, indulge their fantasies, and then share their fabricated/montaged visions of how a sustainable future might look", for the 10th International Digital Print Open Competition. Closing date: August 10.
Roll up, roll up! See the amazing juggling fly! (we kid you not) The microscopic world of cheese mites!! And other fantastic phenomena. Yes it's the fascinating world of science filmmaking from the early 1900s, in a new exhibition at London's Science Museum. Thanks to online video and YouTube, we can now see some of these historic films. Early filmmakers went to extra ordinary lengths to capture microscopic life and timelapse photography. Most films last only a minute, the length of an early reel of film. Films of Fact at the Science Museum, runs until February 2009.
The strongman fly -- see it juggle!
The Birth of a Flower
New Scientist video report,
Science Museum exhibition
100 years of wildlife filmmaking
Symmetry, mathematics and immortality: these days you can have a star named after you, but how about a mathematical object? New scientist is offering one lucky reader the chance to have a mathematical symmetry named after them. The particular group of symmetries lives in hyperspace, so you won't have a three-dimensional object to impress your friends with. But still, a minor inconvenience when you are being offered immortality. Entries by July 11.
What to call the new book? our new book of tips on sustainable living -- 101 ways to save money, time and some of the planet's other scarce resources -- is coming out in the autumn from New Island. But we haven't yet settled on a title, and since hopefully some of you might buy the book, we'd welcome feedback on the possible titles here, at our new blog.
Melting Greenland caught on camera: Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, John McConnico, went to Greenland to photograph the impact of climate change there in 2007 -- when temperatures reached a record sultry 22°C. The resulting exhibition is touring Europe, and in Dublin until July 11, in the OPW offices, 51, St Stephen's Green -- checkout the wonderful marble exhibition in the foyer! -- open 9-5, Mon-Fri; adm free.
Meanwhile, the EPA's successful public lectures on climate change, held this winter and spring, are now available as video broadcasts.
TechnoThreads: fashion and technology meet at the TCD Science Gallery's current exhibition, which continues until July 25 with a programme of associated events. You can also watch the opening night online.
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Conferences & Opportunities. . .
Mathematics & calendars: the second international Computistics Conference 2008 in Galway, July 18-20, brings together experts on mathematics, calendars, astronomy, Biblical interpretation, time-reckoning and Celtic manuscripts . . . Organised by the Foundations of Irish Culture project.
Digital Humanities Summer School: How digital technologies are changing the nature of libraries and facilitating research in the humanities, including text encoding, digital imaging and the future of libraries. . . summer school this week, July 1-5, organised by the Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO), at the RIA.
Humanism in the Global Village: that's the title for an all-Ireland humanist summer school, organised by the three humanist associations on the island. Carlingford Heritage Centre, Co. Louth August 29-31
Dublin, City of Science, 2012: in our June bulletin we canvassed for contributions to a possible programme of events for Dublin 2012. Thanks to those who replied, and apologies: we inadvertently gave the impression that Juliana Adelman was on the organising committee, where as she was helpfully assisting some committee members. Apologies to all concerned.
Shooting landscapes: the Copper Coast GeoPark, Co Waterford, is running a summer photography competition for students aged 11-16. Categories: landscape, nature and geology; closing date September 30.
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Omniumgatherum . . .
Bad astronomy: To the growing list of sceptical scientific blogs -- our favourite remains Ben Goldacre's badscience.com --we can add bad astronomy, from astronomer and self-confessed sceptic Phil Plait who "likes reality the way it is, and aims to keep it that way". A recent post investigates the Tunguska blast. . . . a powerful dietary supplement originating from the miracle of 1908 in the Tunguska region of Russia, no less!
Voyage to the ends of the Earth: follow a BBC television crew as they explore the Arctic Ocean, having departed early June, on their blog and website. For a new series on Arctic waters to be screened this autumn.
Subatomic radio: What have Irish people ever invented? Subatomic, the new radio series aimed at a young audience, and broadcast on Sunday mornings on East Coast FM, is devoting a programme to Irish inventions on Sunday, July 6. Tune in, at 10:30 a.m.
The end of the scientific method? We have entered the petabyte age: sensors are everywhere, there is infinite data storage and clouds of processors. Chris Anderson argues in a thought provoking article in Wired that the data deluge makes the scientific method obsolete: just mine the data, and information should follow. Hmm.
Hunting the Higgs -- and: Massive bosons blew my unit! The world's most expensive and biggest ever scientific experiment will be switched on in July, when the first beams are introduced into the larger hadron collider (LHC) particle accelerator at CERN on the Swiss-French border. The main aim is to search for a subatomic particle, the Higgs boson. If this is double-Dutch to you, then try this two-minute elegant explanation on YouTube of both the experiment and the boson. For a more detailed account, see the Guardian's supplement. We hear that BBC Radio 4 will devote a full day to science to mark the experiment's start.
Nobel physicists & the Higgs: Nobel physicists gathering for the 58th meeting of laureates at Lindau, Germany, are giving their expectations for the LHC on July 1. See the live webcast.
LabLit: Many bulletins ago we mentioned the LabLit (laboratory/science literature) project when it started, and promptly forgot about it. So we were pleasantly surprised to see how active it is now.
Can mobile phones really cook popcorn? If you missed this viral video a couple of weeks back, catch up here, and then here. But how is it done? Some suggestions here. Sadly, seems we still have to pop corn the old-fashioned way.
Out & about . . .
Walking, talking geology: a packed programme of events for Planet Earth year continues. A special is the chance to spend an afternoon exploring the geology of the Giants Causeway with expert and author Paul Lyle ( County Antrim, July 19); and a field trip exploring nearby Murlough Bay and Fair Head (August 2). Events are free. Check the website for events near you.
Could St. Swithin Have Predicted Global Warming? public talk about climate change by John O'Flanagan, from Met Eireann's station in Ireland West Airport (Knock). Adults and children over 7; National Museum Turlough Park, Co Mayo. July 20, 2:30pm; adm free. educationtph@museum.ie
How would you have fought the foot and mouth epidemic? If you are in London this week, you can find out: a summer exhibition at the Royal Society includes an interactive mathematical simulation to fight and control animal disease epidemics. Adm free, until July 3.
Wild Wicklow: the national park's busy summer programme includes nature-based Thursday afternoon sessions for primary schoolchildren (July 10-August 28); an evening bat walk (July 17, 9:15pm,bring insect repellent!), a bog walk (19th July), and a season of Thursday evening lectures on topics such as pine martens, conserving Canada's bogs, the wild game industry in South Africa, golden plovers in Ballycroy National Park County Mayo, and reintroducing the red kite to Wicklow.
Star gazing: in the days before television, people were reduced to watching the night sky! What do they learn from the stars? Find out, in a special afternoon event for children aged 7-12 at the National Museum, Kildare Street July 6. One of a number of educational events organised by our friends at the Natural History Museum, despite its closure. Details of this and other events at the website.
From Babylon to the Big Bang: a history of astronomy from ancient times is the ambitious topic for Astronomy Ireland's July public talk, but it will be no trouble to best-selling authors and TV producers Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest, who are in Ireland to promote their new book on the history of astronomy. Dublin, July 14; Cork, July 15 -- both at 8 p.m. Adm €7.
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1 comment:
Hi Mary,
The blog route is definitely my preferred way to get the bulletin.
Cheers,
Brian Cummins
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