Talk Chemistry | Home - MyRSC. Chemistry resources for Teachers and Students. Podcasts - Une chimie pensée autrement / 1. The Culture of Chemistry. Endless Possibilities v3.0. Chemistry World blog. Mid-March is one of my favourite times of the year: the days are getting longer, I can start hanging my washing outside and Cambridge is buzzing from its annual science festival. With over 250 events across the two weeks, it was difficult to decide what to attend but I tried to squeeze in as much as I could.
Here are some of my highlights from the first week: On Monday, Tim Radford chaired a discussion between Patrica Fara, Rosie Bolton and Gerry Gilmore asking ‘What’s new in space?’ The answer? A 1 billion pixel camera aboard the Gaia satellite, which was launched at the end of last year. Back on the ground, there’s the Square Kilometre Array, a project that is set to start building thousands of 15m wide radio dishes across two sites in the southern hemisphere from 2018. So we’ll be obtaining a lot of data – big data – but rather than answering questions, the panel said that scientists first need to figure out the right questions to ask. Jennifer Newton. ChemBark. Chemistry Blog.