Science in Dunedin

Looking for an excuse to go to Dunedin in the winter holidays? Go to scifest.org.nz and find out about the seventh New Zealand International Science Festival, themed Everyday Science: Food for Thought (6-11 July, 2010).

Two events will showcase science in an innovative way – a ‘dining in the dark experience’ (Friday 9 July, with New Zealand chef and author Julie Biuso and Julie Woods, otherwise known as ‘that blind woman’), and a ‘science idol’ competition, featuring award-winning Stanford (USA) science rapper and biologist, Tom McFadden, who communicates scientific concepts to children and senior students through rap music.