Magic mushrooms & Reindeer - Weird Nature - BBC animals

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Attention all children, on December 24th at just before 18.00 you will be able to see Santa's sleigh flying through the sky! Be sure to keep your eyes to the sky! Attention all parents, on December 24th at just before 18.00 the international space station will pass over Ireland for about 3 minutes. Clouds allowing the pass will be bright and clear.

Reindeer are shrinking because of climate change

Here's the science bit for the season that's in it - reindeer are getting smaller [ but it's ok they can still fly with Santa ] 🎄🎅

Gendered toys could deter girls from career in engineering, report says

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Oh Chemistree, oh Chemistree :)

Science journalism award commemorates Mary Mulvihill

A wonderful science journalism award in honour of Mary Mulvihill. We worked with Mary on a number of Midlands Science Festival events in the past and were sorry to hear of her passing.

Mobile planetarium comes to St Mary's Youth Centre for Midlands Science Festival - Midlands 103

http://www.midlands103.com/midlandstoday/mobile-planetarium-comes-to-st-marys-youth-centre-for-midlands-science-festival/ Exploration Dome

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Thank you all for an amazing Science Week in the Midlands. Your support, participation and enthusiasm was a vital part of this year’s festival and we really appreciate it. This year, we had 50 different hubs, hosting a total of 138 events and workshops across 6 days in the 4 counties of Laois, Offaly, Longford and Westmeath and the feedback has been so positive. The festival received extensive online, print and broadcast media coverage and we estimate we reached over 9,000 people directly. On behalf of Midlands Science, we want to say a huge thanks for your interest and commitment. We wanted to inform, entertain and create a buzz around science in the region during Science Week this year and your support has helped make that happen. Videos of some events will be online shortly and images, so feel free to share these. We look forward to working with you in 2017 on both Science Week and other initiatives to grow interest in STEM skills and education in the Midlands. If you have particular things you'd like to see in 2017, please also let us know. Huge thanks to all our performers, speakers and supporters. Particular thanks to Amanda McCallan for great video recording of events and to Jeff Harvey for fantastic photography.

Midlands Science Festival a great success

http://www.offalyexpress.ie/gallery/news/224855/midlands-science-festival-a-great-success.html We would like to thank to local media for all of your support in spreading the message before, during and after Science Week that science is all around us! #ScienceWeek

Midlands Science Festival 2016

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Great discussions at our science of sleep event.

Today, we have Sustainable Energy Ireland in Longford, Go Fly A Kite in Laois, Marine Dimensions in Westmeath and lots more.