NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM TORCHLIGHT TOURS VISUAL PERCEPTION: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE Depart from The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, St The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, Andrews, KY16 9LA | , KY16 9LA | Various times | FREE | All ages | 5pm – 10.30pm | FREE | All ages | No booking required | Book at www.explorathon.co.uk/standrews Why do we have two eyes? How do we see in 3D? Learn See the Bell Pettigrew Museum as you’ve never seen it before with a about visual perception, and how scientists study how we see and interact torchlight tour of the rare and fascinating specimens in this zoological with our world. You’ll also have the chance to explore 3D vision by drawing collection. Stay close, you never know what might pop out of the shadows! your own stereograms and using our desk-top stereoscopes. Tours will depart from the Byre. EXPLORATHON @ THE BYRE The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, MOVIE SCREENING: 'THE MARTIAN' PLUS WALKING WITHOUT A BRAIN: St Andrews, KY16 9LA | Auditorium @ The Byre Theatre, 5pm – 10.30pm | FREE | All ages | No booking required | Abbey Street, St Andrews, KY16 9LA | NEUROSCIENCE OF THE SPINAL CORD Explorathon returns to the Byre! Interact with astronomy, explore climate 9.30pm | FREE | Cert 12 | The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, science, discover what keeps your brain healthy, categorise objects using Book at www.explorathon.co.uk/standrews St Andrews, KY16 9LA | radar and much, much more! Look out for people wearing “Talk to me, I’m a Join Dr Claire Cousins for a live screening of film The Martian and a discussion 5pm – 10.30pm | FREE | All ages | No booking required | researcher” badges, you might just win a prize! of exoplanetary geology. Would it be possible to grow potatoes on Mars? Although our brains control much of what we do, our spinal cords can also Could we make water from rocket fuel? The answers are out of this world… control complex behaviours such as walking. As part of this display you EXPLORATHON @ MUSA will get the chance to see a spinal cord up close and witness how we can measure the electrical signals that power our movements. The Museum of the , | PLANETARIUM 7a The Scores, KY16 9AR Studio @ The Byre Theatre 5pm – 10pm | FREE | All ages | No booking required | Abbey Street, St Andrews, KY16 9LA | This year the Explorathon research festival expands into MUSA with hands on activities, researchers and museum curators showing off the museum 6.30pm – 10pm | FREE | All ages | SHINE AT EXPLORATHON collections and the research done with and around them. Book at www.explorathon.co.uk/standrews Head for the stars with our interactive planetarium show. See the night The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, sky in amazing detail, with astronomers from the University as your guides. St Andrews, KY16 9LA THE XX FACTOR Don’t forget your spacesuit! 5pm – 10.30pm | FREE | All ages | No booking required | Shine celebrates light in all its aspects through science, art Auditorium @ The Byre Theatre, and music! We are delighted to return to the Byre for Explorathon 2017 Abbey Street, St Andrews, KY16 9LA | with a visual art installation, inspired by the MaNGA galaxies survey. 6:30pm – 7:30pm | FREE | All ages | Come and discover the art and science with artist Tim Fitzpatrick and Book at www.explorathon.co.uk/standrews astronomers from the university. Six women. Three minutes. One stage. Who will walk away with the Explorathon XX Factor trophy as the most inspirational researcher? You decide!

BRIGHT CLUB ST ANDREWS RADAR-CAT: TRAINING COMPUTERS TO RECOGNISE OBJECTS Studio @ The Byre Theatre Abbey Street, St Andrews, KY16 9LA | COUNTING CRITTERS The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, 10.30pm – 12.30am | FREE | Ages 18+ | St Andrews, KY16 9LA | Book at www.explorathon.co.uk/standrews The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, St Andrews, KY16 9LA | 5pm – 10.30pm | FREE | All ages | No booking required | Who said research always had to be serious? Six academics, 5pm – 10.30pm | FREE | All ages | No booking required | Introducing “RadarCat” – the latest in object recognition! RadarCat uses eight minutes each of stand-up comedy. The topic: their research! Hosted 1,2,3, count! Researchers from the Centre for Research into Ecological the Google Soli radar sensor to recognise and categorise objects. Also on by the comedy volcano that is Susan Morrison, Bright Club returns to the and Environmental Modelling lead hands-on activities showing different the team is “AquaCat”, which identifies liquids and other substances. Come Byre after eight sold-out shows. methods for estimating animal numbers and levels of biodiversity. along to give them a try and test them on your own objects!

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