Astronaut Tim Peake explaining space travel John Gaffen/Alamy
Dear readers,
is one of my favourite weekends each year, and so it is with great excitement that I聽can say it is now just over a month away. On 12 and 13 October, thousands of people will descend on the to聽attend what I think we can confidently call the greatest festival of ideas and discoveries in the known universe.
Across five stages, we will have talks from exciting scientists and big thinkers, covering everything from black holes and brain health to the science of free聽will and the paranormal.
I can鈥檛 wait to hear what and .
The show floor will also be filled with incredible experiences and exhibitions once again, including a virtual-reality rollercoaster, ocean artefacts, live insects, robots and even an aerobatic jet-powered aircraft from the Royal Air Force鈥檚 Red Arrows.
Our schools鈥 day on 14 October is聽a chance for thousands of students and their teachers to聽experience the show floor in聽full,聽as聽well as a specially tailored聽programme of talks.
If you can make any of the show days, you won鈥檛 regret it. And if you can鈥檛, you can still catch the talks on聽demand with an online ticket. I聽hope to see you there.
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