Science Culture

Are you interested in how we perceive and interact with our environment? Do you want to get involved in fun, exciting research projects and contribute to scientific discoveries? Contact Pikki at [email protected] to discuss how you can volunteer to take part in our research projects at the Multisensory Perception Laboratory, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience.

What do you see? Remember our sense and sensitivity workshop series on visual illusion?

The Science of Why No One Agrees on the Color of This Dress | WIRED Not since Monica Lewinsky was a White House intern has one blue dress been the source of so much consternation. (And yes, it’s blue.) The fact that a single image could polarize the entire Internet into two aggressive camps is, let’s face it, just another Thursday. But for the past half-day, people…

You might wonder where we have gone??!! We are currently revisiting our workshops and camps in order to make them better and the possibilities to run them in different venues. Meanwhile, just a personal update - Pikki is hoping to get back to research in the near future, in particular, she is interested in investigating the neural correlates of visual aesthetics and welcomes any discussions about all things science! So stay tuned we will be giving you updates of our progress and don't forget to drop us a line anytime if you want a workshop run in your school, Montessori or youth group, or just to say hello :D

Our Power Up Summer camps this year have come to the end. Thank you so much and well done everyone who attended! We will be posting up photos shortly so you can see all the fantastic models and experiments from the camps. For those who have missed it, our next seasonal camp will be at Halloween and we are taking enrolment in September. Have a nice bank holiday weekend!

What a story!

The virus detective who discovered Ebola In 1976, a 27-year-old Belgian scientist travelled to a remote part of central Africa to tackle a mysterious deadly disease, now known as Ebola

This is an interesting article on why Venus may be more suited than Mars for a human colony. Who knows maybe one of the children at our workshops/ camps may be part of the first colonizers.....
The Surprisingly Strong Case for Colonizing Venus - CityLab http://ow.ly/yPWZD

The Surprisingly Strong Case for Colonizing Venus Science fiction writers have come up with a plausible scenario for a floating city above the fiery planet. ;

Well we're nearly finished the first week of our "Power Up" Summer camps, and the reviews don't get much better than the one below from one of our Juniors in Donnycarney. Contact us now to see if there's a camp near you....

We know we're always harping on about this but it's something that needs to change. Check out this cool advert by Verizon that helps explain why less females end up in STEM related careers http://ow.ly/yuZhm.
Also, check out this Accenture study which relates specifically to Ireland http://ow.ly/yuZVT
At Science Culture it is part of our mission to get more girls into science, and do away with these archaic stereotypes, but we need your help..........

Verizon Commercial 2014 | Inspire Her Mind - Extended | Verizon Wireless Subscribe to Verizon Wireless: http://po.st/qyZodD Verizon is working with Makers.com and the Verizon Foundation to and encourage...

The equation that has us in bits over the internet.......
http://ow.ly/ymLWj

Without this equation there would have been no internet Alok Jha: How to make communications faster and take up less space on a hard disk

Hello everyone the first of our "Power Up" Summer camps is starting next Monday the 30th June in Donnycarney Community & Youth Centre. Contact us now to book a place or to locate a centre near you!!!
http://ow.ly/ymLCJ

Science Culture kids activity Ireland Official website of Science Culture, a Science after-school activity provider that run science activity workshops in Ireland for kids

Why did the mushroom go to the party? Because he was a fungi. Why did he leave the party? Because there wasn't mushroom.....

Micro fungi of Australia - in pictures Photographer Stephen Axford forages for fungi in the forests of New South Wales in Australia. He doesn't harvest them, he captures their beauty on camera

Afternoon everybody, hope you're all enjoying the weekend. It's nearly dinner time and as this article illustrates aesthetics are key!!! Take a look at the links to the different research papers in the journal flavour for a more in depth explanation......

Food presented artistically really does taste better Salad that looks like a Kandinsky tastes better than the same salad arranged geometrically – and diners will stump up more