It’s warming to my heart to see so much of me in you,  That wide-eyed awe, that eager smile: “What else can science do?” “What spaceships, cars or nano-bots will engineers design?” “What next for astrophysics on the history of time?”   So no matter what they tell you in your college applications, There is(…)

The summer holiday is a great time to get inventing with kids. Airing on CBeebies, Bitz & Bob is the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and maths) focussed animation for pre-schoolers that brings the fun of engineering home. One of the key principles of Bitz & Bob is to practice problem solving and we’re very(…)

For the last blog in our pre-Bluedot series, we thought it was about time we shared with you all the fun that the ScienceGrrl team will be getting up to at the intergalactic festival this weekend…. Located in the Star Field under the stunning Lovell Telescope, festival-goers visiting the Science Grrl stand will be able(…)

The content of this blog is explored in Angela Saini’s book, ‘Inferior: How science got women wrong and the new research that’s rewriting the story’. We encourage everyone to read this wonderful book! The brain is a wonderful organ that truly makes us who we are. But, unfortunately, it has been at the epicentre of(…)

From 20-22 July 2018 the Science Grrl team will be descending onto Jodrell Bank in Cheshire to de-bunk gender myths in science at Bluedot Festival. Ahead of the much-anticipated event, we’ll be posting some blogs to introduce the topics our team will be exploring at the festival. To begin our series, we’re starting by exploring(…)