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Jet suits, giant moons and new science – this was Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Live

By Sam Wong

16 October 2019

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Jonny Donovan, David Stock, James Winspear

THERE were jellyfish, there were robots, there was a banana piano – plus astronaut Tim Peake. This was Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Live 2019, which welcomed more than 40,000 science enthusiasts of all ages to ExCeL London for a four-day celebration of ideas and discovery.

The festival opened on 10 October with engineer Sam Rogers flying his jet suit around the dusty ExCeL car park. It was a truly multisensory experience, according to one spectator, who ended up with grit in his socks and smelling of kerosene.

The next day, another visitor had a more…

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