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Nasa astronaut Rick Linnehan to visit Bulgaria in May 2018

May 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Science Festival

Nasa astronaut Richard “Rick” Linnehan will visit Bulgaria from May 9 to 14 2018, the US embassy said. Linnehan will

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Science Festival 2018: Deirdre Robertson, on the brain and behaviour

May 3, 2018May 9, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

So, how could changing the wording of a letter to farmers reduce pollution in Ireland? If you are waiting for

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Sofia Science Festival: Quentin Cooper: ‘The best way to change the image of scientists is for people to meet them’

May 1, 2018May 7, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

Ask a child to draw a picture of a scientist, and it is likely you will be presented with a

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Bulgaria 

2018 Sofia Science Festival programme highlights: From the Antarctic to an astronaut and AI

April 20, 2018May 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Science Festival

These are some of the highlights of the programme of the 2018 Sofia Science Festival, being held at Sofia Tech

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Science Festival 2018: Futurist Roey Tzezana is coming…or rather, his robot is

April 16, 2018April 21, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Israel, Sofia Science Festival

Normally, in writing about the participants in Sofia Science Festival, each story is about a presenter who is coming. This

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Bulgaria 

Simon Singh: ‘Science doesn’t dictate policy but policy shouldn’t ignore science’

April 9, 2018April 16, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

It is a troubling world, one within which climate change deniers and those who are anti-science occupy high office –

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Bulgaria Videos 

Podcast at the Sofia Science Festival: Would you ban trophy hunting in Africa?

May 14, 2017June 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria Now Podcast, Lance Nelson, podcasts, Sofia Science Festival

Let’s have a show of hands. Who’s heard of Cecil the Lion? And if you could, would you ban trophy

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Bulgaria Videos 

Podcast at the Sofia Science Festival: Of Patagonia and disappearing glaciers

May 14, 2017May 17, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria Now Podcast, Lance Nelson, podcast, Sofia Science Festival

Eñaut Izagirre is a ski-mountaineering specialist with ski and climbing experience in the Pyrenees, Norway and the Alps, and recently

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Bulgaria 

Shechtman at the Sofia Science Festival: ‘Only the educated will be able to survive in the future’

May 12, 2017May 15, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

Can we teach technological entrepreneurship? Professor Dan Shechtman’s answer: “Yes, we can – and we should”. Shechtman, an Israeli Nobel

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