Cafe Scientifique, by gum!

Many good things have come from Yorkshire, including the first editions of The Origin of Species, which Darwin posted from Ilkley. Another bit of sciency goodness of Yorkshire origin is Cafe Scientifique, and a recent BBC Radio programme tells the story here. If there's one in your area go and support it, if there's not think about starting one. There is a lot of good science being done in the world, but there is also a great lack of understanding, some wilful misinterpretation, bare-faced hijacking, some indifferent teaching and bobbins reporting about the field. Cafe Scientifique (sounds great in a Yorkshire accent) is part of the push to make science more accessible, so trois cheers for it, and by coincidence CS organisers have been holding their second annual conference this weekend in Leeds. And yes: we intend to make the replica Beagle available for Cafe Scientifiques aboard.

Linguistic notes: 'By gum!' is a general purpose Yorkshire expletive. It may be prefixed by 'Eeee' for added vehemence.