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Sofia Science Festival 2016: Richard III, Rosetta and the stars

May 4, 2016May 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Science Festival

The Sofia Science Festival is on from May 12 to 15 2016, this year boasting 69 events on a wide

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Bulgaria 

Of optimism and the odds at the casino of chaos

May 3, 2016June 24, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

We are optimistic animals, we human beings, and that gives us an evolutionary advantage. Yet, in other respects, it is

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People 

Fostering a healthy attitude to sleep

May 17, 2015May 4, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

The 13-year-old girl was alone among the group of teenagers that Russell Foster was asking about their sleeping habits in

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People 

Richard Dawkins, on brains and brainwashing

May 17, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Science Festival

If you are not particularly gifted at mathematics but hope that evolution may help out your distant descendants, Richard Dawkins

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Bulgaria 

Verbal clashes at pro-GMO presentation at Sofia Science Festival

May 16, 2015May 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Sofia Science Festival

Question time following Irish scientist Padraic Flood’s presentation entitled “Why we need GMOs” saw raised voices as he came under

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Science Festival braces for big weekend

May 15, 2015May 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Sofia Science Festival

Demand is huge for tickets to events at the 2015 Sofia Science Festival with the weekend expected to see large

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Bulgaria 

Standing ovation for Richard Dawkins as Sofia Science Festival opens

May 14, 2015May 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Sofia Science Festival

The additional lecture by Professor Richard Dawkins, held to meet public demand for tickets to hear the eminent Oxford scientist,

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Of paper and the problem of digital disintegration

May 9, 2015May 4, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

An invitation to bring a favourite book to a scientific lecture is unusual. But it is not as if you

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Bulgaria 

Dawkins to give ‘encore presentation’ at Sofia Science Festival

May 3, 2015May 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Sofia Science Festival

Due to popular demand – the tickets for his first presentation were sold out in just one day – Professor

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