{"id":72060,"date":"2026-05-21T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=72060"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:02:25","slug":"watch-pints-particles-and-professors-at-sheffield-science-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/watch-pints-particles-and-professors-at-sheffield-science-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Pints, particles and professors at Sheffield science festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Academics and the public came together this week to celebrate the Pint Of Science festival in Sheffield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event spans multiple venues across the city and aims to engage the public with lectures about topics from cancer research to microbes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Audience members are encouraged to quiz speakers and discuss ideas in an informal setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Sheffield Plate, organisers Anubhav Chatterjee and Navin Shirodkar organised an education on quantum physics and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event takes place in 27 countries worldwide and challenges lecturers to present complex science simply.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival, founded in 2013, has grown into one of the world&#8217;s largest science events, attracting thousands of attendees each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speakers at the event included Katie O&#8217;Flaherty, Professor Sarah Harris and mechanical engineer Anastasia Tsavea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pints of Science\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l8epB6U8Lnw?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across Sheffield, professors and pint-lovers have come together for three nights of science in local pubs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":851,"featured_media":72061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,11,21],"tags":[241,2239,38,131],"class_list":["post-72060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-education","category-news","tag-culture","tag-pints-of-science","tag-sheffield","tag-south-yorkshire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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