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It has been a busy week here in Science Communication. While the Sci Comm’ers have completed and presented our Group Projects, the Science Media Production team have completed their Documentaries and Radio Packages. All of the projects had to communicate an aspect of the courses covered last term (‘Philosophy of Science’ and ‘The Media Representation of Science’) and could do so either through a film or audio product, or through a more artistic product. And they were all brilliant. I was a bit worried when we started these projects, especially since some of the previous years’ projects were shown to us were so cleverly executed (see, The Scientist , Maps of Knowledge  and Ros the Rat and the Paratime Shifts ). Many of the groups this year produced art works and I think this made a refreshing change from the animations and videos from last year (perhaps this a cyclical pattern?). It was great to see the different takes on the ideas presented in class. My group decided to...

(Can't be bothered reading this? Visit  http://youtu.be/FSh2khUxlmk  to hear me read it instead) The Manchester Art Gallery is a fantastic (almost) hidden gem and can be found just down the road from Piccadilly Gardens. Heading down Mosley Street, with the trams trundling next to you, you'll meet a collumned Victorian building. The foyer is high ceilinged, bright and spacious. A nice start. While there are more permanent exhibitions (from the 17th century and onwards), the few guest exhibitions I've seen have been fantastic. The first, about six months ago, was the Roger Ballen exhibition. I had never even heard  of Roger Ballen but apparently he's influential enough to direct a video for the (slightly strange) group Die Antwoordt . The exhibition was amazing, nothing can prepare you for how scary this photo is  his photos are* when it's  they are printed life-size - the characters stare so intently that I felt as if I was one-half of a cat fight; scar...