Summer Science Exhibits on Tour at Cheltenham Science Festival

The Royal Society is delighted to support three stalls from the 2024 Summer Science Exhibition at Cheltenham Science Festival.

Look out for these three stalls in the free to access Festival Village in Cheltenham’s Imperial Gardens, GL50 1QZ.

A quantum view of the invisible universe (University of Lancaster)

Dark matter makes up 85% of our universe, but scientists do not know what it is made of. Scientists are using quantum technologies at ultra-cold temperatures to build the most sensitive detectors to date in order to observe dark matter directly and solve one of the greatest mysteries in science.

4-6 June, The Arcade Interactive Zone.

Our future living with personal brain scanners (University of Nottingham)

What are the emerging ethical concerns and social implications of the imminent future of living with personal brain scanners? As wearable tech can now be bought for less than the price of a mobile phone, these questions are in growing need of answers.

7-8 June, The Arcade Interactive Zone.

It’s all a bit Heath Robinson! (Heath Robinson Museum)

Heath Robinson was a British artist and illustrator who was best known for his drawings of humorously overcomplicated gadgets cobbled together out of junk in a long energy transfer chain to achieve a simple or silly task. Join the Heath Robinson Museum to see how complicated a chain reaction you can make to complete a given task.

The Heath Robinson Museum has been funded through the Places of Science grant scheme.

6-8 June, Makershack Interactive Zone.

Attending this event

• This event is taking place in the Festival Village at Cheltenham Science Festival (Imperial Gardens, Imperial Square, Cheltenham GL50 1QZ).

• Free to attend, no ticket required.

• To plan your visit and find out more information, visit the festival website.