A Neutron Walks Into A Bar

Fun, quirky and informative, A Neutron Walks Into A Bar… is a collection of facts, definitions, explanations, biographies and jokes guaranteed to quench a thirst for knowledge, discovery and humour that’s out of the ordinary.

The Science 140 team which consists of science communicators and enthusiasts including presenter of RTÉ’s The Science Squad Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, science teacher/blogger Humphrey Jones, dentist/journalist Paul O’Dwyer and science blogger Maria Delaney (moi).

Since its launch on Twitter in the spring of 2012, Science 140 has collected thousands of tweets, each explaining a scientific principle, fact, joke or biography in 140 characters or less. The tweets collected are on a range of topics from astronomy to zoology, and have been compiled by science enthusiasts, educators, members of the public and celebrities from all over the world.

The Science 140 book (hardback), A Neutron Walks Into a Bar, is available online and in bookshops across Ireland now (RRP €10.40). It was published in paperback in October 2013. All royalties go towards cystic fibrosis research. For more information, see science140.blogspot.ie.

Print & Radio Features

Spoke about Science 140 on RTÉ Radio 1 Mooney Show on 03 Nov 2012 with Derek Mooney. Eanna ní Lamhna and Richard Collins – Listen here

Featured with Humphrey Jones on Today FM Savage Sunday on 28 October 2012 (from 26 minutes) – Listen here

Wrote an article for Walton Magazine about Science 140 and A Neutron Walks Into A Bar (Published Oct 2012) – Click here to read

Jonathan McCrea spoke to Humphrey Jones and I about the book which was broadcast on 20 Oct 2012 – no podcast available

Wrote a case study of the Science 140 project for the Spot On London website hosted by Nature.com – Click here to read

The Science 140 team also featured in a number of newspapers including The Irish Independent, TheJournal.ie, Irish Medical News, Trinity News and on radio shows across the country during Oct / Nov.