Nasa astronaut Rick Linnehan to visit Bulgaria in May 2018
Nasa astronaut Richard “Rick” Linnehan will visit Bulgaria from May 9 to 14 2018, the US embassy said. Linnehan will
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Sofia Science Festival
Sofia Science Festival 2018: Deirdre Robertson, on the brain and behaviour
So, how could changing the wording of a letter to farmers reduce pollution in Ireland? If you are waiting for
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Sofia Science Festival: Quentin Cooper: ‘The best way to change the image of scientists is for people to meet them’
Ask a child to draw a picture of a scientist, and it is likely you will be presented with a
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2018 Sofia Science Festival programme highlights: From the Antarctic to an astronaut and AI
These are some of the highlights of the programme of the 2018 Sofia Science Festival, being held at Sofia Tech
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Sofia Science Festival 2018: Futurist Roey Tzezana is coming…or rather, his robot is
Normally, in writing about the participants in Sofia Science Festival, each story is about a presenter who is coming. This
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Simon Singh: ‘Science doesn’t dictate policy but policy shouldn’t ignore science’
It is a troubling world, one within which climate change deniers and those who are anti-science occupy high office –
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Podcast at the Sofia Science Festival: Would you ban trophy hunting in Africa?
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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Podcast at the Sofia Science Festival: Of Patagonia and disappearing glaciers
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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Shechtman at the Sofia Science Festival: ‘Only the educated will be able to survive in the future’
Can we teach technological entrepreneurship? Professor Dan Shechtman’s answer: “Yes, we can – and we should”. Shechtman, an Israeli Nobel
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