"Science Snacks" at Markets Aim to Make Science Easily Understandable

For more than ten years, the ScienceCenter-Network has been transforming vacant retail spaces into places of encounter with science under the title "Knowledge°room." In recent years, facilitators have also tried to engage with children, teenagers, and adults in shopping centers and parks to make science and technology accessible in an easy way.

"Science Snacks" at Mobile Market Stand in Vienna and Lower Austria

Now, the association is setting up a mobile market stand with a cargo bike for a few days at a time at markets in Vienna and Lower Austria. The kickoff is on Friday (September 5) at the Schmankerl and weekly market in Wiener Neustadt (Lower Austria), with further dates in September and October at the Brunnenmarkt and Meiselmarkt in Vienna. "Our goal is to bring science to people in their usual places and everyday life to reduce barriers to encounter," explained project manager Balduin Landl to the APA.

At this "Aha! Stand," free knowledge bites, so-called "Science Snacks," will be offered. They aim to vividly convey how science and research are linked to everyday life. This includes topics such as the abilities of the nose and tongue to distinguish smells and tastes, the CO2 balance of organic foods, or insights into the "Plastic Age."

With this initiative, the association relies on "low-threshold, dialogue-oriented, hands-on activities to enable an understanding of the workings of science and research." To ensure sustainable use of the activity, the "Science Snacks" will be published in a digital publication after the project and made available to other organizations.

(APA/Red.)

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