Astronaut Tim Peake explaining space travel
John Gaffen/Alamy
Dear readers,
New Scientist Live is one of my favourite weekends each year, and so it is with great excitement that I can say it is now just over a month away. On 12 and 13 October, thousands of people will descend on the ExCeL Centre in London to attend what I think we can confidently call the greatest festival of ideas and discoveries in the known universe.
Across five stages, we will have talks from exciting scientists and big thinkers, covering everything from black holes and brain health to the science of free will and the paranormal.
I can’t wait to hear what Turi King has to say about how genetic testing is revolutionising genealogy and Carolyn Thompson’s talk about the amazing lives of gibbons.
The show floor will also be filled with incredible experiences and exhibitions once again, including a virtual-reality rollercoaster, ocean artefacts, live insects, robots and even an aerobatic jet-powered aircraft from the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows.
Our schools’ day on 14 October is a chance for thousands of students and their teachers to experience the show floor in full, as well as a specially tailored programme of talks.
If you can make any of the show days, you won’t regret it. And if you can’t, you can still catch the talks on demand with an online ticket. I hope to see you there.
Topics:
