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World Book Day
Today is World Book Day. Across the country, schools will be…
5 March, 2015/by Carol
Two PhD Studentships Available
4 March, 2015/by Jonathan
Isaac Physics workshop – Gallery
Today we’re hosting a teachers’ workshop delivered by Ally…
28 February, 2015/by Jonathan
Deliveries
Large boxes. Small boxes. Boxes with packing chips. Boxes with…
27 February, 2015/by Jonathan
Lights, Camera, Image!
Ruth Wiltsher from the Institute of Physics led the Lights, Camera,…
26 February, 2015/by Jonathan
Tinkering Thursday: 19th Feb “In the swing of it” pendulum edition
Our charmingly softly-spoken volunteer Andrew is filling in…
19 February, 2015/by Jonathan
Guest post: Work experience week
My name is Callum Webster, and I’m a Physics student in my…
11 February, 2015/by GuestOpen call for artists: pieces to support exhibition at The Holy Biscuit
We'll have more details about this soon, but briefly:
We're…
5 February, 2015/by JonathanWe're…

Tinkering Thursday – Feb 5th 2015
Tinkering Thursday is back. It’s taken us a couple of weeks…
5 February, 2015/by Jonathan
CPD Opportunities in February: KS3/4 Light and Colour, Isaac Physics
We’ve two terrific CPD opportunities coming up late this month,…
2 February, 2015/by Jonathan
IOP Event: Latest News from the LHC, Prof. Tara Shears (18th Feb)
2 February, 2015/by Jonathan
What we’re up to – Jan 21st edition
Things are so hectic we’ve rather forgotten to tell everyone…
21 January, 2015/by Jonathan
First delivery of the year
One of the dubious joys of starting a project from scratch is…
6 January, 2015/by Jonathan
Tinkering Thursday: 18th December, a tale of two wave types
A simple Tinkering Thursday this week as we start to – let’s…
19 December, 2014/by Jonathan
Tinkering Thursday: 11th December
In the photograph above, Joe is pointing a telescope at the…
11 December, 2014/by Jonathan
Filming: Metalwork
We’re collaborating with the North-East Chamber of Commerce…
11 December, 2014/by Jonathan
Tinkering Thursday: 4th December
This week Think Lab has been playing host to a delegation of…
4 December, 2014/by Jonathan
Philae has landed!
Last night space history was made when the Philae probe successfully…
13 November, 2014/by Joe Shimwell
Try this personality type test
No idea where you're headed? This personality survey at the Guardian…
11 November, 2014/by Jonathan
Tinkering Thursday: Soap Bubble Viewing
We've been exploring a novel way of viewing the colour…
11 November, 2014/by Jonathan