GalleryThe brilliant bee
Going Further
It turns out that bees can go even further, to the next level of thinking in which we think about thinking – when we stand back and assess the quality of our own thoughts. […]
GallerySanday Soulka
Festival Updates, More Events
Intrigued by the name? You’ll have to look it up on the website – www.sandaysoulka.org
2013 is the third year of the Sanday Soulka weekends, when island life is celebrated with a variety of activities […]
GalleryNew European centre refashions the dream
Going Further
Influences of his childhood period are brought out in an exhibition in the new space centre in Vitanje. A space suit is compared with the diving suits of the time, a spacecraft with a […]
A remarkable language from the Amazon
Going Further
What could arguably be the most scientific language in the world is spoken by a group of around 300 people in a remote river system in Brazil’s Amazon Basin.
The Pirahã people have a distinctive […]
GallerySteaming into the Future
Going Further
It has produced some of the world’s most beautiful engines – and its clean and energy-efficient qualities may now bring it to the fore again. A highlight of the 2010 Festival was an evening […]
GalleryMidwinter astronomy festival for Orkney
Dark Skies Orkney, Festival Archive, Other Festivals
Orkney had a midwinter astronomy festival in December 2011. Talks and stargazing took place across the mainland from Birsay to Deerness, and in Stronsay and Sanday as well.
The idea for the Festival emerged from […]
GallerySee Orkney skies on the iPad!
Dark Skies Orkney, Festival Archive
To promote the ‘Dark Skies Orkney’ event of December 2011 and Orkney astronomy generally, a new e-magazine was produced for iPad and web access.
It includes a feature on astronomy in Orkney with auroral photographs […]
