Great science communicators can help bridge the gulf between scientists and the public, and the finalists at Famelab International last week showed how it's done It was not exactly Eurovision, but it ...

More than 5,000 participants from 27 countries have ‘performed’ on the FameLab stage, bringing their science to live audiences. In 2016, four semi-finals will be held across Australia in March and ...

"I want you all to join me in a rally to save the parasites," says Maureen Williams onstage at the Science Gallery in Dublin's Trinity College. "The story has zombies, damsels in distress . . ." We’re ...

Twelve scientists have pitched their projects at the New South Wales semi-final of FameLab, an annual worldwide quest to find the best science communicator. The competition is similar to pitching ...

The energy-saving advantages of neuromorphic computing were explained in just three minutes at FameLab Ireland. Debismita Dutta, a chemical engineer from India pursuing her PhD at Tyndall National ...

“Think of it as American Idol meets Bill Nye the Science Guy,” says David Grinspoon, astrobiology curator of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. This is his best description of FameLab, an ...

For the first time, Malta will be joining FameLab, an international competition spanning over 20 countries in Europe, Asia and North Africa in the search for the next top science communicator. FameLab ...

How do plants know that they have been touched? How do cabbages keep warm in winter? How does a virus mutate? Why do men have nipples? These and similar unusual yet pertinent questions covering the ...

The secret of charisma has been revealed by an experiment carried out on the entrants to FameLab, a nationwide talent hunt for the new faces of science. By asking them to fill out a simple ...