FameLab talking Science competition 2016 - Dublin Heat 06 February 2016

FameLab - talking science competition is one of the biggest science communication competitions in the world.

Famelab Ireland returns in 2016 as the world’s leading science communication competition.

If you think you can explain a scientific concept to a general audience, in just three minutes, then why not enter?

The winner will represent Ireland at the 2016 Famelab international finals in the UK and will also win €1000 in prize money.

FameLab 2016

Winner National event 2015

Are you studying or working in science, technology, engineering or maths?

If you are aged 18 or older and think you can explain a scientific concept in just three minutes, you could win some fantastic prizes.

Engaging with people outside the scientific community allows scientists to not only enthuse people about their work and science in general, but to justify their use of public funding. 

Regional Heats:

FameLab Ireland 2015-2016 will have 4 regional heats:

Cork: Tuesday 26 January 2016 @ 7pm, Triskel Christchurch, Cork. Application deadline - Tuesday 19 January 2016 

Dublin: Saturday 06 February 2016 @ 4pm, Science Gallery. Application deadline - Friday 29 January 2016  (training 03 February, 5pm-9pm, Beresford Hotel, Store Street, Dublin)

Galway: Tuesday 09 February 2016, Taibhdhearc Theatre, Galway. Application deadline - Thursday 31 December 2015 (training Tuesday 12 January 2016)

More information about the whos, whys and whats of entering the competition.

Apply for FameLab Ireland

Prizes

Free e-book 'Applied Statistics' by James Reilly

James Reilly, lecturer at the Institute of Technology Tallaght has made his e-book about statistics available for download. His statistics titles have for years been the most borrowed item in the library, and we are delighted that more people will have the opportunity to avail of his work. Scan the QR code below or visit the Statistical Solutions web site to download the book.  If you have downloaded his book previously you may need to download it again to ensure that you have the latest version.

Sports Medicine & Exercise Science Video Collection - free access

We have access to this video collection until 14^th February.

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Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video is the most extensive video collection ever assembled in the areas of fitness and health assessment, disease management, injury treatment, nutrition, medical fitness, sport science, work-site wellness, exercise adherence, and much more. Developed through an exclusive partnership with Healthy Learning, the world’s leading producer of sports medicine videos, the collection features an array of internationally renowned physicians, exercise scientists, certified athletic trainers, physical therapists, registered dietitians, sport psychologists, personal trainers, and health/wellness experts who share information, ideas, and insights on the principles, techniques, and modalities of modern exercise science and sports medicine.

To access the trial click here ( you will require your library PIN number).

On this day in in 1859

On this day in 1859, Charles Darwin's "On the origin of species" was first published.

Further resources:

Darwin for Beginners by Jonathan Miller

Darwin / edited by Duncan M Porter ; Peter W Graham

The complete works of Darwin online

Article from the British Library on Darwin and Theory of Evolution

The history of evolutionary theory

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The LIBQUAL+ survey will be running from Monday the 9th of November for three weeks, ending Monday the 30th. It is open to all staff and students and only takes 5 minutes to complete.

Semantic Scholar launched - free computer science search engine

A new search engine called Semantic Scholar has been launched by the Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence.  It is a free product which currently searches approx. 3 million open-access papers in computer science.

Innovative features include picking out the most important keywords from the text without the author or publishers input.  It extracts figures from documents and presents them in the results list alongside paper references and citing papers.

Semantic Scholar also identifies which of a paper's cited references were influential.

Try it out at Semantic Scholar.

Maths Week 10th-18th October 2015

Maths Week takes place around the country this week 10th-18th October.  This year marks the 10th anniversary of the festival and there are numerous events taking place which involve Institutes of Technology, Universities and many other organisations.

For events geared at third level students click here