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Brain Power: Greg Graves & George Guastello

Greg Graves and George Guastello discuss the Battle of the Brains competition which had schools across the metro competing to design a new Science City exhibit.

Not everyone has been happy with Science City since it opened at Union Station in 1999.

Earlier this summer the engineering firm of Burns and McDonnell gave more than a million dollars to reinvigorate the family friendly science center.

They also launched Battle of the Brains a chance for area students to design a new permanent exhibit for Science City and with it a $50,000 prize for their school. The winner?

Olathe North High School’s winning entry explores how mechanical power is transformed into energy by running in giant hamster wheels to generate electricity. They call it Unplugged.

Burns & McDonnell CEO Greg Graves and Union Station CEO George Guastello discuss the Battle of the Brains competition which had schools across the metro competing to design the new Science City exhibit.

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Journey of the Universe

Journey of the Universe guides viewers the the telling of the origins of life to our present challenges.

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NOVA: Elegant Universe

Scientists revolutionized string theory. Watch Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 9pm.

The final episode shows how in 1995 Edward Witten of Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study, aided by others, revolutionized string theory by successfully uniting the five different versions into a single theory that is cryptically named “M-theory,” a development that required a total of 11 dimensions. But the new 11th dimension is different from all the others, since it implies that strings can come in higher dimensional shapes called membranes, or “branes” for short. These possess truly science-fiction-like qualities, since in principle they can be as large as the universe. A brane can even be a universe — a parallel universe — and we may be living in one right now.

Watch Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 9pm.

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Meet Sid the Science Kid!

Scientist in the house! Sid the Science Kid is coming to Union Station on December 3, 2011.

Scientist in the house! Sid the Science Kid is coming to Union Station on December 3, 2011.

Enjoy a special pancake breakfast with Sid from 9am to 12pm, Tickets are $5 per person and can be purchased through Union Station’s website. Kids 2 and under are free as long as they eat from parent’s plate.

From 12 to 2pm, meet and take your picture with Sid. This portion of Sid’s visit is free and open to the public.

With purchase of breakfast, KCPT Member Card holders will receive a free ride for their children on the Jones Store Train, free admission to “Grand Canyon” at either 12 noon or 2 pm, and $5 USKC Member price admission to “America I AM” (all valid 12/3/2011 only).

Not a member of KCPT? Become a member here.

Questions? Email Lindsey.

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