Orkney International Science Festival
orkney international science festival science festival take place every september kirkwall orkney island scotland running since first orkney international science festival took place world second science festival take place september year generally kirkwall orkney international science festival opened documentary filmmaker alan ereira featured event topic astronomy archaeology arctic science lost city viking search lost undersea world ancient catastrophe earth supermassive black hole speaker included astronomer author prof bill napier buckingham university prof bonnie steves glasgow caledonian university archaeologist dr cathy batt bradford university festival opened former chief scientist discovery channel professor steve ‘jake’ jacob topic festival ranged origin life space clue genetics people viking age mark th festival international year light theme festival featuring conversation nobel prizewinner peter higgs highlight including higgs boson einstein universe maxwell wave exploring mar venus changing weather cracking cancer code festival took place ophir church opened christopher somerville travel writer th festival included paul nurse peter higgs key speaker covered hydrogen fuel technology transport shackleton–rowett expedition antarctic sea topic particle physic black hole orkney international science festival