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A Festival of Light: Map of Life at the Cambridge Science Festival 2015
This year’s much anticipated Cambridge Science Festival was a great celebration of scientific discovery, exploration, ideas and research around the theme of LIGHT. Throughout a dynamic and busy fortnight thousands of people joined in a rich programme of talks, hand-on activities … Continue reading
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Tagged bioluminescence, Cambridge, crustaceans, Earth Sciences, explore, glowing, light, marine, science festival, Sedgwick Museum, shrimps, squid
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Public talk at Science Festival: Is evolution predictable?
On Wednesday 23rd March Professor Simon Conway Morris, co-ordinator of the Map of Life, gave a public evening talk on convergent evolution entitled “Is evolution predictable?“. The talk was a special part of the Cambridge Science Festival and took place … Continue reading
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Tagged cat, convergent evolution, Conway Morris, crowd, intelligence, predictability, science festival, talk
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Science on Saturday – Map of Life at the Cambridge Science Festival
Saturday the 19th March was a sunny Spring day in Cambridge, perfect for the Cambridge Science Festival principal event, Science on Saturday. Science departments throughout the University of Cambridge were bursting with visitors as thousands of families came to explore, … Continue reading
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Tagged burrowing, desert, dolphin, gliding, ichthyosaur, octopus, parasite, plant, science festival, team, tree of life
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Media coverage as Science Festival approaches
Dr Louise Walsh and her team at the University of Cambridge press office send out a press release about the Map of Life last week. We are continuing to receive notice of new mentions online and in the local and … Continue reading
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Tagged convergent evolution, Conway Morris, educate, exhibit, media, predictability, press, publicity, science festival
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Media coverage for the Map of Life
An engaging press release about the Map of Life and its forthcoming exhibit at the Cambridge Science Festival was sent out to the media this week, co-ordinated by Dr Louise Walsh and her team at the University of Cambridge press … Continue reading
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Tagged convergence, media, press, publicity, science festival
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New Year publicity push
Happy New Year from the Map of Life team! The official launch party for the Map of Life took place a few months ago in October, at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences in Cambridge. Following on from the launch … Continue reading
Science Festival Exhibit – Repeating Patterns in Evolution
The Map of Life is pleased to have been accepted as part of this Spring’s Cambridge Science Festival. Between 14th and 27th of March there will be free events and activities about science all over Cambridge. If you are in … Continue reading
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Tagged convergent evolution, Conway Morris, exhibit, explore, interactive, learn, science festival
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