The British Science Festival has been taking place in Birmingham this week. Based around Aston University, the festival has brought a whole host of seminars, workshops and activities to make our brains ache, along with a chance to show that scientists can play just as hard as they work. Starting with this flash mob of dancing lab coats…

Already there has been plenty of interesting topics at the festival, including why exercise won’t cure obesity, how lasers are being used to explore the dark side of space, why finding love means loosing two of your best friends, and the preparation for an imminent British earthquake. The New Optimists also had a few events to coincide with the festival, including their book launch, and a panel event at Aston University.

But if you’ve been stuck at work all week, you can still catch plenty of things to do at the weekend, take a look at the online programme in full, where you can also filter out which events are suitable for your level of science knowledge and interests.