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What do you see? Remember our sense and sensitivity workshop series on visual illusion?

The Science of Why No One Agrees on the Color of This Dress | WIRED Not since Monica Lewinsky was a White House intern has one blue dress been the source of so much consternation. (And yes, it’s blue.) The fact that a single image could polarize the entire Internet into two aggressive camps is, let’s face it, just another Thursday. But for the past half-day, people…

Our Power Up Summer camps this year have come to the end. Thank you so much and well done everyone who attended! We will be posting up photos shortly so you can see all the fantastic models and experiments from the camps. For those who have missed it, our next seasonal camp will be at Halloween and we are taking enrolment in September. Have a nice bank holiday weekend!

This is an interesting article on why Venus may be more suited than Mars for a human colony. Who knows maybe one of the children at our workshops/ camps may be part of the first colonizers.....
The Surprisingly Strong Case for Colonizing Venus - CityLab http://ow.ly/yPWZD

The Surprisingly Strong Case for Colonizing Venus Science fiction writers have come up with a plausible scenario for a floating city above the fiery planet. ;

We know we're always harping on about this but it's something that needs to change. Check out this cool advert by Verizon that helps explain why less females end up in STEM related careers http://ow.ly/yuZhm.
Also, check out this Accenture study which relates specifically to Ireland http://ow.ly/yuZVT
At Science Culture it is part of our mission to get more girls into science, and do away with these archaic stereotypes, but we need your help..........

Verizon Commercial 2014 | Inspire Her Mind - Extended | Verizon Wireless Subscribe to Verizon Wireless: http://po.st/qyZodD Verizon is working with Makers.com and the Verizon Foundation to and encourage...

Why did the mushroom go to the party? Because he was a fungi. Why did he leave the party? Because there wasn't mushroom.....

Micro fungi of Australia - in pictures Photographer Stephen Axford forages for fungi in the forests of New South Wales in Australia. He doesn't harvest them, he captures their beauty on camera