International Women’s Day 2015

ScienceGrrl once again invaded the Yorkshire Museum on International Women’s Day, bringing in female scientists from a number of different disciplines. The public were invited to talk to the researchers individually, and try some of the hands on demonstrations. Dr Kay Ritchie, from the University of York’s psychology department, talked about the challenges of building … Continue reading →

Ada Lovelace Day

To celebrate Ada Lovelace Day, York ScienceGrrl once again invaded the Yorkshire Museum, bringing scientists, gadgets and hands-on demos. We had a range of scientists in the museum again, from physicists and astronomers, chemists, biologists, computer scientists and an archaeologist. There was lots of science to be seen. On the nuclear physics side of things, … Continue reading →

International Women’s Day with ScienceGrrl!

This International Women’s Day, I organised an event at the Yorkshire Museum, with the York chapter of ScienceGrrl. The idea was that we would flood the museum with female scientists who would talk to the passing public about their work. Children were given a ScienceGrrl postcard with spaces for doodles by our scientists – if … Continue reading →