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Thanks everyone on the list who have been coming along to all the <http://www.londonsciencefestival.com/2011> London Science Festival events this week... Unfortunately, it's too late to book tickets for tomorrow night's extravaganza, <http://www.londonsciencefestival.com/2011/astronomersball/> The Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomers' Ball ft. Guerilla Science, CERN, The Secret Garden Party + Guests ...we'll be tweeting a much as possible from the epicentre so follow us at: <http://www.twitter.com/LondonSciFest> www.twitter.com/LondonSciFest. There is another special LSF11 event also happening in Greenwich tomorrow, which I thought would be of special interest to psci-commers and SciComm students etc. BBC Radio 4 are doing their 'first-ever' outside recording of 'Material World' in front of a London audience at the National Maritime Museum - and they have a great line-up of guests: [Book a free place below via EventBrite: <http://bbcscientist.eventbrite.com> http://bbcscientist.eventbrite.com] ... MATERIAL WORLD: SPECIAL RECORDING Presented by Quentin Cooper Radio 4's weekly science programme, <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qyyb> Material World, comes to the <http://www.nmm.ac.uk> National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, with an outside broadcast presented by Quentin Cooper. This event celebrates amateur science and do-it-yourself discovery. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/scientist> 'So You Want to Be a Scientist?' - the search for the BBC's Amateur Scientist of the Year - is back. Last year, the award was won by 69 yr old grandmother <http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/sywtbas/2010/ruth/> Ruth Brooks, who measured the homing distance of her garden snails. Entries are open to find next year's budding amateur scientist, and if you're lucky enough to be selected as a finalists, you'll be teamed up with a professional mentor to turn your idea into an experiment. At today's event, some of last year's hopefuls get the chance to test out their questions with the aid of performance troupe Guerilla Science. Take part in their aroma challenge to see how much you can tell about someone just from their smell. And spot the mystery guest who may hold the secret of art appreciation. They are joined by astrophysicist Dr Lucie Green from this year's judging panel. Plus, astronomer and Sky at Night presenter Chris Lintott talks about his Zooniverse - the online portal where citizen scientists can take part in real research - from hunting supernovae to analysing weather patterns. As part of their Planet Hunters project, volunteers have recently discovered two new planets outside our Solar System By analysing data from NASA's Kepler Space Observatory, the amateur astronomers helped to spot the exoplanets which lie between the constellations of Cygnus and Lyra. One of the new planets is just two and a half times the size of the earth and has a solid surface, making it a possible home for extraterrestrial life. The second is a gas giant, more like Jupiter, and orbits its parent star every 50 days. REGISTER FOR A FREE PLACE AT: <http://bbcscientist.eventbrite.com/> http://bbcscientist.eventbrite.com/ ... 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