Sheila Finishes 2024 #RBSS on Sunday. Monday travels 12 hours to #Tblisi for EUSEA - European Science Engagement Association conference and will be back to start our livingearth.ie biodiversity festival on the weekend. Sheila Donegan SFI Curious Minds

Boom! The largest solar flare of this solar cycle is currently in progress. An X8.8 from sunspot group 3664 just as it rotates off the disc. Complex solar radio bursts also detected by I-LOFAR.

Good afternoon. Today Ministers Patrick O'Donovan, Charlie McConalogue and Martin Heydon announced a €104 million investment for science research across Ireland. A special event to mark the announcement is about to get underway - stay with us for updates. #IrishResearch

Many thanks to sponsors BlackwaterDistillery sponsoring delicious & flavoursome #boylesgin for all esteemed guests and presenters Nuala Clarke & Una Sealy pictured with Calmast SETU Director Sheila Donegan #scienceandart #lismorearts Science Foundation Ireland Waterford City & County Council Engineers Ireland

Festival stalwart Nuala Clarke draws the parallels between AI programming #science & her artistic processes Lismore Heritage Co Calmast SETU Ballinglen ArtsFound More info nualaclarke.com/paintings

Artist Una Sealy gives an absolutely absorbing exploration of #anatomy in #art , tracing techniques in drawing physical form, from medical illustration to proportion methods #scienceandart Lismore Heritage Co Lismore Castle Arts BlackwaterDistillery South East Technological University National Gallery RHA Gallery

In sunny Lismore Heritage Co Day 3 of #RBSS2024 begins with Dr Matthew Landrus University of Oxford examining laws of Nature in the work of hugely influential polymath #LeonardodaVinci An intricate portfolio of #maths within #Art

Greetings from Waterford City & County Council City Hall where Calmast SETU Director Eoin Gill opens proceedings followed by Roger Gaskell presenting Micrographia, the original scientific bestseller! Science Foundation Ireland University of Oxford Cambridge University #ScienceandArt

My first walk of the 2024 season kicks off at the Scotch Quay #Waterford tonight...tracing the route of the Lightermen and their boats as they traded along the Pill and how the city changed the river as it developed outwards from the 18th century

'We must use Science to find answers. But Science is not necessarily what sustains wellbeing, there is necessary space for both' Waterford Treasures Medieval Museum Bridging the 'gap' between #ScienceandArts Engineers Ireland Science Foundation Ireland South East Technological University Calmast SETU

Fresh & lively debate on CP Snows Two Cultures with Jenny O'Connor Brian Trench Dr Ida Milne The binary lens: is the number 2 a dangerous number? Must a polymath be cross and interdisciplinary? Is hypothesising grounded in creativity? Fascinating perspectives SETU President Science Foundation Ireland

Fascinating insights on an illustrious career from University College Dublin UC Berkeley alumnus Prof Annraoi de Paor Waterford Treasures this evening to launch #RBSS2024 Engineers Ireland Engineers Ireland South East Region SETU President

#RBSS2024 launches today with University College Dublin UC Berkeley alumnus & Waterford native Professor Annraoi dePaor bit.ly/4a8fGbH in Waterford Treasures Medieval Museum 17.30 followed by panel discussion with Dr Ida Milne Patrick Prendergast, Jenny O'Connor Brian Trench Welcome all #ScienceandArt

Doing nothing this evening? Come to a discussion of CP Snow’s Two Cultures 65 years on, at the Robert Boyle SS with English lecturer and podcaster Dr Jenny O Connor, science communicator BrianTrench both joining me to see if things have moved on. Carlow College Research Hub Calmast SETU

Join us this weekend at the #RBSS24 to explore the intersection of #scienceandart in #Waterford and #Lismore ! Tickets are still available. Don't miss the garden party at #Lismore Castle's Gardens. FREE events too. Book now! ROBERTBOYLE.IE

Today is the 65 anniversary of CP Snow’s #TwoCultures #Redelecture Cambridge University Is the intellectual life of western world split into “two cultures” - science and humanities?
Discussion on thurs RobertBoyle.ie SFI Curious Minds South East Technological University Damien Tiernan Culture on RTÉ

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At #rbss24 Scholar Dr Matthew Landrus explores the interrelationships of #ScienceandArt in #leonardodavinci works, whilst artist Una Sealy discusses the influence of da Vinci in her anatomical works. Booking & info :robertboyle.ie
Lismore Heritage Co Garter Lane Arts Centre
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At #RBSS24 Boyle scholar and artist Nuala Clarke joins us to delve into the commonalities between scientific and artistic methodologies. #ScienceandArt
Booking & info at robertboyle.ie
Lismore Heritage Co Garter Lane Arts Centre

At #rbss24 Dr F Corbalán illustrates the relationships between #MathsandArt whilst South East Technological University lecturer C Garcia Pando demonstrates how #DaVinci 's work informed the invention of the #3Dprinter .
Booking &info at robertboyle.ie
Lismore Heritage Co
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