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Visit Edinburgh for the Science Festival
23 Feb 2010
People visiting Edinburgh in April will be able to attend some unique events when the city hosts the International Science Festival.
The 22nd outing of the festival will run from 3 to 17 April, bringing all sorts of weird and wonderful experiments, demonstrations and other activities to 35 venues across the Scottish capital.
One of the highlights will be a talk at the Informatics Forum on 17 April about the Bloodhound project, an engineering challenge to retain the world land speed record for Britain and see if a car can reach a speed of 1,000 miles per hour.
The talk will be given by former Tomorrow's World presenter and Bloodhound education ambassador Kate Bellingham.
Visitors will also be able to meet ASIMO, the world's most advanced humanoid robot, at the International Science Festival, as well as learn about the psychology of comedy and even watch an autopsy on a cow.
Travellers can catch flights to Edinburgh with easyJet, British Airways, bmi and other carriers.
Opodo cheap flights, hotels and car hire - let the journey begin!
The 22nd outing of the festival will run from 3 to 17 April, bringing all sorts of weird and wonderful experiments, demonstrations and other activities to 35 venues across the Scottish capital.
One of the highlights will be a talk at the Informatics Forum on 17 April about the Bloodhound project, an engineering challenge to retain the world land speed record for Britain and see if a car can reach a speed of 1,000 miles per hour.
The talk will be given by former Tomorrow's World presenter and Bloodhound education ambassador Kate Bellingham.
Visitors will also be able to meet ASIMO, the world's most advanced humanoid robot, at the International Science Festival, as well as learn about the psychology of comedy and even watch an autopsy on a cow.
Travellers can catch flights to Edinburgh with easyJet, British Airways, bmi and other carriers.
Opodo cheap flights, hotels and car hire - let the journey begin!
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