AsiaRooms.com - Get Inspired at Singapore Science Festival 2012

The annual Singapore Science Festival will take place once again at the Science Centre Singapore from July 27th to August 17th 2012.

2012-07-03

SINGAPORE, July 03, 2012 (Press-News.org) Families and professionals alike will be encouraged to free their minds at the Singapore Science Festival 2012, which kicks off on July 27th.

Organised annually by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, the event will be held at the Science Centre Singapore and encompasses three weeks of activities, coming to a close on August 17th.

The theme of this year's festival is 'create new possibilities', with events designed to engage people with the boundless potential discoveries all around us that can be realised through science.

Events include the X-periment! science carnival, the Doktor Kaboom! science shows, the Science Buskers Festival, the BioRhythms Exhibition and the Star Lecture 2012, which will be partnered with the UK Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures for the first time this year.

In addition to the main activities at the Science Centre Singapore, a number of events will be held at various satellite locations before and after the main festival dates.

The venue is located at Science Centre Road and features dozens of fascinating interactive exhibits housed in 14 separate galleries.

Budding science boffins can find all manner of hotels in Singapore at AsiaRooms.com, including the Marina Bay Sands.

Visit http://www.sciencefest.sg/index.php for more information.

Editors Notes:

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