2008 Woodie Awards
Five-day SciFest 08 serves up a banquet of science fun
Cate Marquis
Issue date: 10/6/08 Section: Opinions
The International Science Festival 2008, or SciFest 08, will turn the St. Louis Science Center into a fairground of science fun from Oct. 9 to Oct. 13.
You may have seen ads on TV for SciFest 08, with its googly-eyed logo. The SciFest is not a science fair or a conference, but a festival about what is fun, fascinating, quirky, strange and curious in science.
It is about where the everyday intersects science, like the physics of rock and rock and the science of chocolate.
While it has fun stuff like a green fashion show, this is not "dumbed-down" or kids-only stuff, but real science for everyone. Some sessions explore and explain the most critical science issues of the day, things like alternative energy, climate change and stem cell research.
Moreover, this event is for everyone, scientist and non-scientist alike, so there's no need to brush up on your science facts first.
St. Louis won the right to host the International Science Festival over such cities as Chicago and New York. The science festival originated in Cheltenham, Great Britain, and is staged by Cheltenham Festivals, who sought to expand its wildly successful event to the U.S. St. Louis won the right to host the festival for three years.
The event will be a five-day extravaganza of exhibits, presentations and special events on the fascinating, fun and sometimes quirky sides of science.
Topics range from the serious to the silly, but they are all about science where it impacts our lives.
Climate change and stem cells are among the topics, but the science behind dating and attraction are on the menu too.
Whether you are interested in genetics, physics, robotics and how the brain works, there is a science event for you. Omnimax movies on science are part of the festival as well. The fest aims to be fun, informative and useful.
Here are some highlights of the festival:
Thursday, Oct. 9, subjects include science behind Chromo Keying techniques (also known as green screen), the revolution in robotics, a machine for reading genetic profiles, the Hubble telescope, the science of taste, forensic science and photosynthesis.
You may have seen ads on TV for SciFest 08, with its googly-eyed logo. The SciFest is not a science fair or a conference, but a festival about what is fun, fascinating, quirky, strange and curious in science.
It is about where the everyday intersects science, like the physics of rock and rock and the science of chocolate.
While it has fun stuff like a green fashion show, this is not "dumbed-down" or kids-only stuff, but real science for everyone. Some sessions explore and explain the most critical science issues of the day, things like alternative energy, climate change and stem cell research.
Moreover, this event is for everyone, scientist and non-scientist alike, so there's no need to brush up on your science facts first.
St. Louis won the right to host the International Science Festival over such cities as Chicago and New York. The science festival originated in Cheltenham, Great Britain, and is staged by Cheltenham Festivals, who sought to expand its wildly successful event to the U.S. St. Louis won the right to host the festival for three years.
The event will be a five-day extravaganza of exhibits, presentations and special events on the fascinating, fun and sometimes quirky sides of science.
Topics range from the serious to the silly, but they are all about science where it impacts our lives.
Climate change and stem cells are among the topics, but the science behind dating and attraction are on the menu too.
Whether you are interested in genetics, physics, robotics and how the brain works, there is a science event for you. Omnimax movies on science are part of the festival as well. The fest aims to be fun, informative and useful.
Here are some highlights of the festival:
Thursday, Oct. 9, subjects include science behind Chromo Keying techniques (also known as green screen), the revolution in robotics, a machine for reading genetic profiles, the Hubble telescope, the science of taste, forensic science and photosynthesis.
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