Successful Soapbox Science event teaches beachgoers a little more about themselves

Successful Soapbox Science event teaches beachgoers a little more about themselves. Around 2,000 beachgoers learned a little more about themselves as university academics took to their soapboxes on Brighton and Hove seafront this weekend. A dozen female scientists donned their white coats to deliver inspiring talks on their areas of research expertise for the second ever Soapbox Science event in Brighton on Saturday. Academics from the University of Sussex - alongside counterparts from six other institutions including the University of Brighton and Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) - explained to crowds gathered under the shadow of the i360 how they were all made of star dust and how their bodies regenerated themselves. During the three-hour event, passers-by also learnt how to build their own particle accelerator, how fruit flies can benefit dementia patients and how maths could help curb one of the world's deadliest killers. Dr Oyinkan Adesakin , lecturer in Pharmacology at the University of Sussex, said: "I had really lovely interactions and had brilliant questions. I think my favourite was when a young girl, probably in her early teens, asked how far off we were from finding a cure for Alzheimer's Disease; it was a great moment seeing her interested and engaged.