New event to the region aims to demonstrate, Science is Everywhere!

Inaugural event set for March 20-22, 2015 with dozens of thought-provoking events at Cross

Center – Maine Science Festival organizers think Science is really fun to talk about, for all ages and venues throughout downtown

Science is everywhere and the organizers of the Inaugural Maine Science Festival want to prove it. So as they designed the more than forty events planned as part of the inaugural festival, they decided to try and make something for everyone. After all, you don’t have to be an adult to find interest in alternative energies or a child to appreciate the technology behind Pixar movies.

April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day and to celebrate, thousands of people are coming together to shine a light on autism. Join Autism Speaks Light It Up Blue initiative to show your support this April. 

Albert Einstein is reputed to have said, “If bees should disappear from the face of the earth, mankind would follow within four years.”

Haunting words considering the trouble honeybees have been having in recent years.

“Pollinators, and honeybees in particular, are critical to our food supply,” says Peter Cowin, aka “The Bee Whisperer”. “It’s in all of our best interest that more people keep honeybees and take a long hard look at what we can do to keep them well fed.”

Fortunately, there are a lot of people now doing just that. Keeping bees is a hobby more and more Mainers are getting into. “Two years ago I was asked by Orono and Hampden Adult Ed. to give evening classes in Beekeeping for Beginners. More than 70 students took the classes and most started their first bee hives that year. Last year this grew to include Adult Ed. in Bangor, Ellsworth, Hampden, Bucksport, Newport and Mount Dessert Island, with more than 270 taking my class!”