What do vampires, baseball, honeybees and the tango have to do with science?
You can find the answers October 7 through 11 as the Saint Louis Science Center presents SciFest ’09, St. Louis’ 2nd annual international science festival. SciFest is the joint brainchild of the folks at the Science Center and the creators of the Cheltenham Science Festival in Cheltenham, England. Both festivals were developed as a way to change people’s perceptions about science and technology by presenting it in a fun and entertaining way. Based on last year’s crowd, it seems to be working. “Last year attendance was somewhere between 21,000 and 22,000 which was pretty good for our first year,” says Al Wiman, vice president for Public Understanding of Science. “Naturally we hope to increase that number this year. We’ve been working really hard to bring in some great speakers, and come up with some really interesting and fun topics. I think people are going to love it.” This year’s festivities will kick-off Wednesday night, October 7 with a presentation by Dean Kamen, who’s perhaps bes
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