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Science View is communicating science to society since 2008, sharing a vision of science literacy and science awareness.

In this issue read about the upcoming and most anticipated event “Days of Creative Expression and Science” that will take place in Greece, celebrating Arts and Science in a unique and innovative way through an Open school for Open societies!

Also read about:

How to make the best choices in life according to mathematics.

STEAM 2017 summer school in science Communication.

Discover Events, Conferences, Seminars and the most recent Science News!

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Cover by Alexandros Koukovinis

Featuring: Science in its most creative aspect

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Suppose a bunch of cards is lying on a table; each card has a number written on it, with the number side lying facedown so that you can‘t see it. You know how many cards there are, but you have no idea what numbers are written on them. You are allowed to look at as many cards as you like, one at a time and your goal is to choose the card with the highest number on it. However if you put a card aside to look at another one, you can no longer choose the card you set aside.

One possible strategy is to look at a percentage of the available cards as a sort of database for comparison, and as soon as you find a number larger than the highest one in the database, you choose that card. The mathematical question is: what size should the database be to give you the best chance of choosing the card with the highest number? Obviously, if you use only 1 percent of the cards, you have a database that is clearly too small, and if you use 99 percent of the cards then you have used too many and the most like the best options are gone. The answer turns out to be the fraction 1/e (where e = 2.71828..., the base of the natural logarithms) and 1/e is approximately 37 percent. You can see more details of this problem with a variety of names here https: / /en.wik ipedia.org/wik i /Secretary_problem.

This strategy applies to many situations where you can assemble a database but must make a yes-no decision each time a new item is added to the database. One such example is the purchase of a car for a certain budget. A good way to do this, is to look for a certain amount of time or at a number of cars in order to become familiar with what‘s on the

market, and then buy the car that you feel is superior to those you have already examined. So the time you will spend looking or the number of cars you will check should depend on that ‗magic‘ fraction of the total time you could have invested or the total number of cars you could have checked.

For some this may even be a helping tool for finding the right partner. The length of your prime dating lifetime or the total number of people you could date is the analogue of the number of cards on the table, and the comparison database is the length of time you will allow yourself to check out possibilities before saying, ―When I meet someone more appealing than anyone I have dated so far, then that person will be the one for me‖. Of course, the analogy between the card problem and dating is not an exact one, but if anyone is having difficulties, then any extra help, even from mathematics, might be useful.

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Science View in collaboration with Ellinogermaniki Agogi and the Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology

of National and Κapodistrian University of Athens, are organizing the Days of Creative Expression and Science, Open

Schools for Open Societies. The event will be hosted from 1/4/2017 to 5/4/2017 in the facilities of Ellinogermaniki

Agogi (Dimitriou Panagea str, 15351, Pallini, Attiki) and will feature many exhibitions and events aiming to open the

school to the society through creative means of teaching science and science communication, in a way that is

innovative and multidimensional.

-How can Science and Theater be combined? (1-2/4/2017)

With the project ―Learning Science through Theater‖ students will communicate science in the most innovative and

creative way: live and recorded theatrical performances, a result of the creative effort throughout the school year.

Junior and senior High schools from all over Greece will participate in a contest-event that for the third year in a row

promises to guide you with the most entertaining and theatrical way in the magical world of science. This year for

the first time, performances will also be presented by primary schools as well as Science Standup comedy skits that

will entertain and inform you on various science matters!

You can find more information here: http://www.lstt.eu/en.html

-Exhibition: Science beyond the lab (1-5/4 2017)

Through the stories of today‘s innovators, this exhibition highlights simple citizens from all around Europe that

innovate, taking science into their own hands and producing unexpected results! Nine true stories that are

presented through a series of exhibits, videos and photos give you the opportunity to learn from the same creators

and amateur scientists: what inspires them, what guides them and what they are trying to achieve through their

research. The exhibition also hosts three art works specifically designed for the purposes of the exhibition. After three

months hosted in Australia at the Ars Electronica, Anouk Wipprecht, Lucy McRae and both Jakob and Lea Illera

present through their work how they perceive the impact of technology in health , medicine and wellbeing. Will you

come with us in Science Beyond the Lab?

You can find more information here: http://sparksproject.eu/content/beyond-lab-diy-science-revolution

-How can Science unite the world? (1 & 2/4/2017)

See the Global Science Opera ―Ghost Particle‖ that aired live at 19/11/2016 and in which students from 36 countries

from all around the globe cooperated synthesizing unique scenes and proving for one more time that science has

no borders! An amazing result that came to reality with the help of technology and live interactions through the net.

You can find more information here: http://globalscienceopera.com/

-Workshops – Dialogues – Experiments

art@CMS – workshop by CERN (CREATIONS)

Entrepreneurship – workshops (Play4Guidance, DESCI)

Science Snacks: Living and eating healthy – Discussions with scientists (SPARKS)

-Observatory visits

Expect the nights to be unique, with amazing visits at the observatory of Ellinogermaniki Agogi under the stars!

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Days of Creative Expression and Science “Science in its most creative aspect through an Open School for

Open Societies” Athens, Greece 1-5/4/2017

Learning Science through Theater: the final events

Athens&Thessaloniki, Greece 1-9/4/2017

The time has come for the performances of schools participating in Learning Science Through Theater. Students will perform their theatrical plays in the 2 final events: The first will be realized in Athens (1-2 of April April at the facilities of Ellinogermaniki Agogi) and the second in Thessaloniki (8-9 of April at the NOESIS science center). This year schools from all around Greece will enter the event - contest, with the participations in Athens event reaching 17 schools (320 students) while 15 schools (300 students) at the Thessaloniki event! Learning Science Through Theater activity is organized by Science View in collaboration with the Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology of National and Κapodistrian University of Athens under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs.

You can find more information here: http://www.lstt.eu/en.html

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Following last March‘s great success with more than 1100 schools from around the world involved in the activity,

we are happy to announce the Eratosthenes Experiment March 2017, which will take place on the 21st of March,

2017 (a day after the spring equinox day)! Do not miss the opportunity to participate in this fascinating international

event! Take part through your school by registering at the website with your school‘s longitude and latitude. Once

you are registered, you will be put in touch with a school from the same longitude with you by the organizing team.

Together with your partner school, you will record data, collaborate, calculate the circumference of the Earth and

submit the data. In order to stand a chance to win a scholarship to attend the 2017 European Science Education

Academy (ESEA) Summer School in Greece, take a photo of your experiment and submit it until the 14th of April

along with your data. More info at: http://eratosthenes.ea.gr/content/photo-contest-march-2017

Please note that the Eratosthenes Experiment official website has been upgraded. From now on, you can create

your account and make use of it in order to register your school, submit & store your experiment data to

compare them with future data, and upload to the gallery of Eratosthenes website photos from the experiment

taking part at your school (or another location).

http://eratosthenes.ea.gr/

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The Eratosthenes Experiment

Online 21/3/2017

Science, Technology & Humanity 11th

Annual Science in Public Conference

University of Sheffield, UK 10-12/7/2017

Science and technology are essential ingredients of our humanity. The emergence of fruitful and diverse scholarly

perspectives on the history, practice, communication, governance and impacts of scientific knowledge reflects this

fact. Yet rapid scientific and technological change has also unsettled the idea of what it means to be human; for

example, through new frontiers in physical and cognitive enhancement, shift to knowledge economies, and

potential threats to employment from mass automation. These changes take place in a context of broader

challenges to expertise and evidence, dramatically illustrated by the EU referendum and the election of Donald

Trump. Taking these matters seriously calls for a renewed focus on compassion, benevolence and civilization. This

year at Science in Public, we ask:

How do science and technology affect what it means to be human?

We invite proposals for panels, debates, performances, films and other forms of dialogue or practice from a wide

range of disciplines – including STS, history of science, science communication, sociology, law, disability studies,

geography, urban studies, development studies – that reflect on this question across a range of topics including,

but not limited to:

•Law, governance and new technologies •Responsible research and innovation

•Political economy of science and technology •Gender, science and technology

•Science policy •History of science and technology

•The citizen in science and technology •Race and postcoloniality

•Dis/ability in science and technology •Social, political and scientific imaginaries

•Science and technology in science fiction •Science, art and humanity

•Public involvement in science and technology •Social media as (in)humane technology

•Human enhancement •Robotics

•Grand challenges to the future of humanity •Geographies of science and technology

•Science and sustainability

Panels can be made up of one or a series of sessions. Each session will last 90 minutes. Sessions with papers will be

limited to three papers per session only, in order to facilitate in-depth discussion and exchange of ideas. Panels can

be proposed with papers and speakers and/or opened up as part of the subsequent Call for Papers (to be issued in

February 2017).

Questions? Email warren.pearce@sheffield.ac.uk https://scienceinpublic.org/science-in-public-2017/

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SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES 09_2017

STEAM 2017 Athens summer school in science

Communication

“an innovative summer school that marries science and art through practice.” Science View, partner οf the Erasmus+ programme STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art and Mathematics),

participates in the organization of the second summer school on 3-12 July 2017. Join the 10-days intensive training

in science communication at Marathon (just outside Athens) Greece, for university students, researchers, and

educators!

The programme covers several aspects of science communication including journalism, arts, social media,

management, policy, and theatre. It will be a fully immersive experience on science communication theory and

practice but no previous communication experience is required. STEAM aims to train science communication

ambassadors eager to engage with various sectors of the public back in their home countries.

Expect a unifying experience combining science communication theory, techniques, and practices using very

creative and innovative approaches. Participants will be expected to try their own skills at event management,

performance, writing, social media, governance, and evaluation. All activities will be guided by our group of

experts who will give some professional advice to help participants gain the skills they need.

You can take part in by:

Applying for Our Grant to participate (for partner countries only). Applications open till 7 April 2017. More info

Paying a Registration Fee. Registrations open on 27 February 2017. Early-bird reduced fee closes on 21 May 2017

at 23:59 (midnight) UTC/GMT. Full price registrations close on 4 June 2017 at 23:59 (midnight) UTC/GMT. More info

here

For more information see

www.steamsummerschool.eu or

contact steam@um.edu.mt.

Funded by the E rasmus+

programme, STEAM is led by the

University of Malta, with the

following partners: European Union

of Science Journalists‘ Associations

(EUSJA, France), Haaga-Helia

Universi ty (Finland), science

communication company Science

View (Greece), University of

Edinburgh (United Kingdom) and

Rhine-Waal University (Germany).

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Science Writer Internship

The Royal Society of Chemistry is looking for an intern to work as a science writer in

our editorial office this summer. You will gain experience working for two of our publications: Chemistry World and

Education in Chemistry. This eight week position, supported by the Marriott Bequest Trust, will provide a hands-on

introduction to the complete editorial process from writing and editing to page layout and printing. You will need

your CV accompanied by a letter describing how you would benefit from the experience, as well as three varied

samples of your previously published written work. If you don‘t have any available samples, compose some of your

own Chemistry World-style news pieces based on recent journal papers or current events.

Closing Date: 31/03/2017

https://graduate-rsc.icims.com/jobs/1777/science-writer-internship/job?

mobile=false&width=960&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=120&jun1offset=180

Masters in Science Communication at UWE

The Science Communication Unit based at UWE, Bristol, UK is recruiting to its postgraduate Science Communication

programmes. Running for well over a decade, the Unit pools its expertise, resources and contacts to deliver

postgraduate programmes that offer excellent professional development opportunities for those already working as

science communicators or aiming to move into the field. With opportunities to combine study with work,

placements and projects hosted by organisations in the field, the programmes attract students from around the

globe. To find out more about the programmes or read about the latest projects visit

http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/research/sciencecommunicationunit/coursesandtraining/postgraduatecourses.aspx or

contact the Programme LeaderAndy.Ridgway@uwe.ac.uk or +44 (0)117 32 83332 for details of the graduate

destinations after study, bursaries available at UWE and fees for 2017/18.

science.communication@uwe.ac.uk http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/research/sciencecommunicationunit.aspx

Falling Walls fellowships

FELLOWSHIPS - The Falling Walls Foundation announces its 2017 fellowship for Journalists. In an effort to keep the

public informed on life-changing scientific breakthroughs, it brings together a group of outstanding journalists from

all over the world. The fellowship is aimed at journalists and bloggers with at least three years of experience, who

wish to advance their knowledge in the area of sciences. It includes travel expenses, accommodation, and the

conference fees. The selected fellows get the opportunity to attend the Falling Walls events in Berlin on 8 and 9

November where they can experience world-class science and share their knowledge with over 700 leaders from

academia, business, politics, media, and the arts. Deadline to apply by 25 June 2017.

More information here: http://www.falling-walls.com/fellowships/science-fellowship

Research for all

Research for All is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on research that involves universities and communities, services

or industries working together. Contributors and readers are from both inside and outside of higher education. They

include researchers, policymakers, managers, practitioners, community-based organizations, schools, businesses

and the intermediaries who bring these people together. The journal highlights the potential in active public

engagement for robust academic study, for the development of involved communities, and for the impact of

research. It explores engagement with different groups and their cultures, and features theoretical and empirical

analysis alongside authoritative commentary to explore a range of themes that are key to engaged research

including the development of reciprocal relationships, sector-specific communication and participatory action

research. The journal is co-sponsored by the UCL Institute of Education and the National Co-ordinating Centre for

Public Engagement. The journal welcomes relevant articles. See the publication homepage for details, or contact

p.gordon-smith@ucl.ac.uk http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ioep/rfa/2017/00000001/00000001

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SCIENCE NEWS In 2016, 21.1 GW of the 24.5 GW of new energy sources added to Europe‘s electrical grids were from renewable sources such as solar, wind, hydro, and biomass. While impressive, renewables still count for a much smaller fraction of the continent‘s total power capacity, so much work is still needed to end our dependence on fossil fuels. http://bit.ly/2lXfp4s

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In 2024, NASA will send a lander to Europa, one of Jupiter's four moons, to look for biosignatures that could indicate the presence or possibility of life. Europa has a very warm core and is thought to have a subterranean ocean, making it an ideal place to look for life. A 264-page report published by the space administration details their plans for the lander to drill approximately 4 inches (10 centimeters) into Europa‘s crust and use its specially designed onboard instruments to test the moon‘s chemical composition and capacity to breed organic life. They will release the lander into space by 2024, arriving on Europa by 2031. http://bit.ly/2kOI7U4

China has spent $168 million on cloud seeding technology to hopefully manipulate the weather and combat drought and extreme weather due to climate change. http://bit.ly/2lmrXVe

India‘s space agency reached a new milestone by launching a record 104 satellites using a single rocket overtaking the previous record of 37 satellites launched by Russia in 2014. The satellites, from seven countries, were carried by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle of the Indian Space Research Organization. It was the 39th successful launch of the agency‘s workhorse rocket. http://on.wsj.com/2lhLK8v

Dwarf star 200 light-years away contains life's building blocks. A UCLA-led team of scientists reports that it has discovered the existence of a white dwarf star whose atmosphere is rich in carbon and nitrogen, as well as in oxygen and hydrogen, the components of water. The white dwarf is approximately 200 light-years from Earth and is located in the constellation Boötes. http://bit.ly/2lobRLi

According to the Imperva Incapsula Bot Traffic Report, various bots are now responsible for more than half of all internet traffic around the globe. The report estimates that businesses lose an estimated $7 billion dollars each year thanks to ad fraud perpetuated by this nasty software. http://bit.ly/2lqSXiV

Perena Gouma, a professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), just created a new device that can tell you if you have the flu after analyzing a single breath. The National Science Foundation funded the research to develop the device, and Professor Gouma‘s article on the project was published in the journal Sensors. http://bit.ly/2ld1Mx9

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Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have designed and demonstrated a small voltaic cell that is sustained by the acidic fluids in the stomach. The system can generate enough power to run small sensors or drug delivery devices that can reside in the gastrointestinal tract for extended periods of time. http://bit.ly/2l3Cpgr

A team led by Diego Sampedro at the University of La Rioja designed new sun protection for humans based on microbe-produced sunscreens. The scientists focused on a family of small molecules called mycosporine-like amino acids (MAA), which contain a central cyclohexenone or cyclohexenimine ring that is further decorated by a variety of chemical substitutions. These molecules have a lot of characteristics desired by sunscreen makers: They‘re low weight, they‘re thermally and photochemically stable, and they dissipate the energy from absorbed UV light as heat. http://bit.ly/2mp3PP1

AI system Libratus has beat four of the world's best professional human poker players by $1.8 million in a three-week-long tournament. Innovations in artificial intelligence are leading to machines that perform better than people in everything from healthcare to cybersecurity. http://bit.ly/2kf8i8v

Using a new version of CRISPR, researchers from the Northwest A&F University in China were able to genetically engineer cows, making them resistant to bovine tuberculosis. This innovation could dramatically reduce the overuse of antibiotics in livestock, and have a great impact on developing countries. http://bit.ly/2koBMkn

New research suggests that the universe may have been a hologram at one point in time, specifically a few hundred thousand years after the Big Bang. The study, published in the journal Physical Review Letters, is the latest research on the ―holographic principle,‖ which suggests that the laws of physics can apply to the universe as a two-dimensional plane. http://bit.ly/2lOZLe3

A woman was kept alive for six days after doctors removed her diseased lungs and she awaited a donor. She was kept alive using a small artificial lung, and became the first person to ever undergo such an operation. http://bit.ly/2kRZpzY

Tiny nanoparticles, far smaller than the width of a human hair, might help the body‘s own immune system fight tumors, a new study shows. In experiments with mice, the nanoparticle-based therapy not only wiped out the original targeted breast cancer tumors, but metastases in other parts of the body as well. Human clinical trials with the new therapy could begin within the next several months, researchers say. http://bit.ly/2luOe2I

A short video shows the movement in a system of planets about 129 light-years away from ours. The planets' orbits seem to be in resonance, producing a wonderful visual effect. The star system presents an opportunity for more exoplanet research, including the planet-formation process. http://bit.ly/2luOChG

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Ireland's Parliament has passed a bill that stops the country from investing in fossil fuels as part of an €8 billion government fund. Ireland‘s divestment is the most aggressive move taken against fossil fuels to date, but they are certainly not alone in their efforts to move towards clean energy. http://bit.ly/2kMCFRU

The testing of injecting RNA into Alzheimer's patients to reduce the levels of tau proteins is a possible new treatment for the more than 5.1 million people living with Alzheimer's. The treatment has shown some limitation in the testing done on chimps, more testing will be done on primates to discern the safety and efficacy on humans. http://bit.ly/2jk5acD

Scientists from University of California - San Diego were able to confirm the code responsible for initiating transcription and regulation of more than half of human genes. Knowing how or why genes are turned on and off during development, as well as understanding how they respond to environmental changes, will help us find ways to prevent diseases. http://bit.ly/2j8vAOo

A team in the US has shown that a metal conducts electricity without conducting heat - an incredibly useful property that defies our current understanding of how conductors work. Metallic vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a material already known for its strange ability to switch from a see-through insulator to a conductive metal at the temperature of 67 degrees Celsius (152 degrees Fahrenheit). The metal contradicts something called the Wiedemann-Franz Law, which basically states that good conductors of electricity will also be proportionally good conductors of heat, which is why things like motors and appliances get so hot when you use them regularly. http://bit.ly/2kFSdu1

Astronomers used telescopes in space and on the ground to examine five galaxies – leading them to arrive at an independent measurement of the Hubble constant. This new measurement is challenging the way we understand the universe, as it could possibly point toward new physics beyond our current knowledge. http://bit.ly/2k575AZ

Scientists have engineered the first ever 'semi-synthetic' organisms, by breeding E. coli bacteria with an expanded, six-letter genetic code. While every living thing on Earth is formed according to a DNA code made up of four bases (represented by the letters G, T, C and A), these modified E. coli carry an entirely new type of DNA, with two additional DNA bases, X and Y, nestled in their genetic code. http://read.bi/2mjB7zS

Using a new imaging technique called cryo-electron microscopy—or cryo-EM—the researchers discovered never-before-seen details of the virus that causes cervical, anal and throat cancers. The first-ever high-resolution 3-D maps of HPV reveal key characteristics of its outer shell, or capsid, and the proteins that assemble it. http://bit.ly/2kefRdJ

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the audience and the judging committee‘s first national awards he has been a very active science communicator. He is the co-founder of the first scientific theater group in Greece (SciCo), judge and presenter for the International Science Film Festival of Athens (ISFFA by CAID), author of books and articles on various scientific topics for the general public (www.the-nightlab.com, Protagon.gr, Sciencenews.webs.com), speaker of public scientific events in Athens with the most recent being his talk at TEDxAcademy and guest science presenter on major Greek TV and radio stations (Alpha TV, SKAI radio). Currently he is collaborating with the University of Athens (NKUA) and the science journalism organization Science View (www.scienceview.gr) delivering science communication courses at various European universities.

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Mr. Menelaos Sotiriou is a science writer and communicator. He was the editor of the official Research and Technology online magazine in Greece, E&T (www.et-online.gr) that was published from the General Secretariat of Research and Technology. He started his professional career by developing various Management Systems, mostly in the field of Education

as well as Health Care and Telecommunications, in over 40 public and private Organisations. He is a certified auditor and has realised over 50 audits, mostly in the field of Quality Management Systems and Assurance. The last twelve (12) years he is running (project management) and organising European and national projects for several institutions (including research institutions) mainly in the areas of new and innovative technologies (ICT). He has been involved in more than 30 EU projects in the areas of SiS, SSH, ICT, Research for the Benefit of SMEs. He has vast experience in networking activities as the project Coordinator of EUROSiS Project that is the Network of the Science in Society NCPs. (Greek NCP for SiS Programme). During this project he has organized a lot of brokerage events as well as info days / trainings concerning the participation of institutions in the specific programme. He is holding the position of President of Science View (www.scienceview.gr) a nonprofit, non governmental organization that has expertise in Science Communication and Science Journalism. He is specialised in science communication, organisation of events (science cafes, conferences, science festivals, exhibitions, science weeks), publications, science writing, outreach activities for young students (mainly in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy and health), and creativity in science education (Introduction of creative ways to provide science education like science theatre, music and science). Finally, he is included in the Evaluators‘ Data Base of theEuropean Commission for the HORIZON2020 and of the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and also he had participated in several EC meetings as an expert in Science Communication and Journalism issues.