August 27, 2009
Plus Magazine
Particle physics isn’t what you expect to find at music festivals, but this year visitors to the Secret Garden Party were treated to just that — and more — thanks to Guerilla Science, an initiative committed to bringing science to music festivals. An unusual mission, perhaps, but the talks, chats and hands-on sessions managed to pack out the tents.
Solar physicist Helen Mason at the Secret Garden Party, July 2009.
Read more about mathematics and Cambridge physicists at the Secret Garden Party in Plus Magazine
August 10, 2009
The Guardian Science Podcast
Have a listen to Alok Jha’s weekly podcast, we feature about 7:30 in.
August 8, 2009
Music and the Brain
“Some of you may have come to the festival to have the sex, drugs and rock n’ roll, and I’d like to talk a bit about what might be happening in your brain when you do those things.”
“Does anybody here like music? That’s an easy question.”
“Not every society has writing or agriculture – but every single one on the face of the earth has music.”
“Music can bring you into an altered reality where you lose track of time, track of sense, and gain that real emotional connection to the task you are carrying out.”
“We all have endorphins and adrenaline running through our bodies right now – you’re smiling so you must be feeling good.”
Featuring Jessica Grahn, Mortem Kringelbach, Gianna Cassidy, Zoe Cormier, Richard Bowdler, Jenny Wong, Adrian Owen, the Beatbox Laboratory, and Accelerated Learning with MC Inja.
Recorded at Latitude and the Secret Garden Party in July 2009 by Tom Mustill.
August 3, 2009
Tribe.net
Not quite press – but still flattering indeed to see some burners across the pond chattering about us. They even reposted our 2008 philosophy statement, verbatim.
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