Now that's a review

Last night at a friend's birthday gathering I met one of her colleagues. As we sat around chatting about love, life, and art, this colleague mentioned she'd seen Van Gogh: Brush with Genius at the Kramer IMAX Theatre. In a room containing several artists, the reactions were extremely positive! "Oh I have to see that!" was said more than once.

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Medieval madness and magic

March is Medieval Science Month here, so last week I went around and took a few photographs of the happenings. Among other decorations found throughout the Science Centre, the first thing you see when you get past the front desk are two turrets! Here is one. It's ready for you to colour:

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Science Round Up

Here are a few interesting science stories in the news from the past little while. Discovery Jones, our mascot, is on Twitter and he tweeted about these not too long ago.

An elephant in an Australian zoo has shocked vets by giving birth to a live elephant calf which zoo-keepers believed had died in the womb.

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Art and science

Art and science go really nicely together, and I'm happy to say we've been able to bring them together a few times lately.

On Saturday, March 6 we will be at the Dunlop Art Gallery at the Sherwood Village Branch of the Regina Public Library to help out with Germination Nation Day.

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The importance of curiosity

While perusing the news today I found an article about a new book called 59 Seconds, by Richard Wiseman. The description: it "exposes self-help myths and presents scientifically proven techniques that help you achieve your aims and ambitions in less than a minute.

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