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Worms in space
12 Nov 2009
It is not so much a mission from earth to outer space, as from the earth, to outer space: a group of British worms are to be passengers on the Space Shuttle Atlantis
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Leicester pupil wins International Space Olympics
02 Nov 2009
A Leicester student is the first non-Russian to be crowned winner of this year's International Space Olympics. Jonathan Bootle, 17, from Evington, travelled to Moscow to compete in the prestigious competition.
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Is human evolution over?
02 Nov 2009
The Long Eaton School 16+ science students don’t think so! Several pupils from The Long Eaton School Specialist Science College were among the 150 guests at this year’s BioCity Nottingham Annual Lecture in Nottingham on 8th October. They were there to hear one of science’s most compelling communicators, geneticist Professor Steve Jones, argue that the signs show, at least in the developed world for now, that human evolution has slowed down or stopped.
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In the engine room of ingenuity
28 Oct 2009
WHEN Jim Wade arrived in the region at the start of the year, he soon realised just how important manufacturing and engineering was to the area.
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New iAwards will help to promote entrepreneurship pin the workplace
07 Sep 2009
Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson and entrepreneur James Caan called on the UK’s best innovators to put themselves forward for the iawards - the first ever Government backed-awards to celebrate achievements in science, innovation and technology - to get the recognition they deserve.
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emda leads the way on STEM promotion
02 Sep 2009
The future prosperity of the East Midlands and its ability to compete on the global stage relies heavily on a strong supply of talented individuals going into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers.
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Leicestershire students demonstrate how current life forms could evolve at the British Science Festival
02 Sep 2009
Students from Robert Smyth School, Leicestershire have created species which may stalk the planet in 100 million years time, as part of the New Suburban Life Forms project to be presented at the British Science Festival on 10th September.
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Science Questions Baffle Parents
19 Aug 2009
Four in five UK parents have been stumped by a science question posed by their children, a poll has suggested.