Today we went on a trip to IIT Tallaght to watch a demonstration in honour of great scientific innovation- this being science week. First we went into the bio-chem labs where we were talked through the mechanical processes that must be taken when preparing samples. We were also talked through the interesting research the lab was doing regarding the lack of vitamin K in new born infants- it involved checking feces samples... but y'know- SCIENCE!
Then we had a bit of a fainting incident which was a little scary, and we had to make our way from the crowded little laboratory to give poor Lauren some breathing space. Then it was on to a rather interesting demo of experiments that illustrated a simplified version of the major scientific breakthroughs of Galileo and Boyle-to name but a few.
It also involved a rather scary explosion of a balloon- we were asked to guess if it was hydrogen or helium.... it was hydrogen which went like this:
Kaboom
Then we had lunch in Liffey Valley, which was nice. We then went on a hunt to the resident music shop. We spent all of our time choosing which ten vinyls and CD's we would take with us if we were stuck on a desert island.
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