IN THE run-up to 麻豆传媒 Live, some chatter on Twitter caught our eye: 鈥淚t looks amazing,鈥� said Neil Gaiman. 鈥淎 very promising line-up,鈥� said Richard Dawkins. 鈥淟ooking forward to chatting on stage with astronauts Helen Sharman and Al Worden鈥�: that was Tim Peake. Duncan Jones, the director of Source Code and son of David Bowie, saw the line-up and responded: 鈥淭hanks for making me feel inadequate, !鈥�
Even if we say so ourselves, our programme of talks, exhibits and hands-on features is unrivalled. We鈥檝e got 130 scientists from around the world, ranging over all the subjects we cover in the magazine every week. If you鈥檙e reading this hot off the press, you still have the chance to see what happens when the magazine comes to life. is running right now (28 September to 1 October) at the ExCeL centre in London. If you don鈥檛 make it, at least you have the next best thing in your hands.
We鈥檒l leave you with the words of Robin Ince, who is closing the event on Sunday with his science-comedy variety show. After the festival, 鈥渨e will live in a slightly less wrong world than we did before鈥�.
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