Curious about science? - head to the festival!

Have you ever wondered why some things taste sweet and other things sour? Or where candle wax goes' Or what would happen if the earth lost its gravity for a day? The Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity provides the chance to find out the answers! Back again this February for the fifth festival, and bigger and better than ever before, events will run across the city from 13-20 February. With the help of scientists from the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University the festival will be getting the whole city centre curious with free interactive activities across different venues. Projects about air quality, plant diseases and pathology are also being taken into local schools, and taking excitement for STEM subjects out into communities, with events in libraries during half-term. Taking science out from behind closed doors Megan Shore, the festival producer said: 'The festival is about about taking science out from behind closed doors, and into our communities, where families can engage with it as part of our everyday lives. We're all naturally curious, and curiosity is key for all future scientists, so we want to encourage people of all ages to ask questions and get stuck in to find out the answers''. The festival is organised by a partnership that includes Ignite!, Nottingham City Council, University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University, STEM Learning, Near Now and the Nottinghamshire British Science Association. Professor Kevin Shakesheff, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Science at the University of Nottingham said: "Nottingham has so many great scientists working in companies, our Universities and our hospitals.