The Inverness Monster Science Festival now has its own Flickr account, where you can see photos of all the events that have taken place so far this year.

You will find us at www.flickr.com/photos/monsterfest.

And if you prefer videos to photos, don't miss these:-

Short video of Walker the polar bear having great fun in the water at the Highland Wildlife Park on Sunday

and

Short video from our Supermarket Science event at Tesco, also on Sunday.

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A reminder of the programme and booking details for the rest of the week, and a brief summary of what's been happening at the events that have taken place so far.

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 The Inverness Courier has a nice article about the Inverness Monster Science Festival, to mark its launch tomorrow.

Click here if you'd like to see a scan of it.

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 Richard Dawkins, who gave such a fascinating talk at our Fundraising event a few weeks ago, is urging anyone interested in science to seize the opportunity to hear Aubrey Manning speak at Monsterfest next Tuesday evening:

"Aubrey Manning's engaging personality (he is one of those rare individuals, like David Attenborough, whom literally everybody likes) won the hearts of all who saw his wonderful television series, Earth Story. But his greater distinction is in the field of Animal Behaviour. That was also my field when I began my career as a scientist, and I have looked up to him as a role model all my professional life. He is a truly brilliant lecturer, not least because his magnetic personal charm comes across in every word he utters. He is witty, deeply knowledgeable, and a champion explainer of fascinating science. If you miss his lecture at Monsterfest, you'll be missing a treat."

You can hear Aubrey speaking on 'The Animals and Ourselves' next Tuesday evening, 14 June, 7pm, at the Drumossie Hotel.  

Tickets cost £5 and can be booked via TheBooth (24hr) or by calling 01463 273000 (office hours).  For fuller details about the event please click here.

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 The BBC News website is carrying an article about the Inverness Monster Science Festival.  Click here to read more!

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 We've added a new page to this site, so you can find out what happened and see photos from any events you weren't able to get to in person.  Just click on the 'Events Reports 2011' tab at the top of the page.  But don't forget - you'll get much more out of the events if you come along in person!

Our first report is on the fundraising event with Richard Dawkins that was held last Wednesday evening.

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 We will be running a series of adverts on MFR in the run-up to the Inverness Monster Science Festival.

Click here to listen to the first one, promoting our Fundraiser with Richard Dawkins on Weds 11 May, which will start airing from Weds 27 April.  

We know from experience that tickets will start flying out of the door once the MFR ads start ... have you booked yours yet?  See our Public Events page for details!

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 Bookings for 'The Luck Factor' with Prof Richard Wiseman, on Sunday 19 June, are now open.  See our Public Events page for details and the link to TheBooth for online booking.

Richard Wiseman has been called 'the UK's most quoted psychologist' and, as Professor for the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, is a very frequent commentator on all matters psychological on TV and radio.  He is also the author of several popular psychology books, and an extremely informative, witty and engaging speaker.

Book your tickets today!

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 Last year's Monster Family Open Day went down so well that we're doing it again this year! Another chance to see some favourites from last year, plus a selection of new hands-on activities to take part in.  Suitable for all ages, from the youngest to the oldest, and it's all free.

See our Public Events page for full details.

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Whatever your views on climate change, no one can doubt that it is one of the hot topics (pun intended!) in science at the moment.  But how well do we, the general public, really understand the science of climate and how climatologists arrive at their conclusions?

This event, newly added to the Inverness Monster Science Festival programme, will give the non-scientists among us an introduction to climatology and its methods, so that we can better understand the climate change-related stories in the news.

Our speaker will be Professor John McClatchey of the Environmental Research Institute (ERI).  ERI is part of North Highland College which, in turn, is part of the University of the Highlands and Islands.

See our Public Events page for full details.

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