Science Reactors at the 6th Kastellorizo Puzzle Festival 16-18/10

The Science Reactors team has been a dynamic presence at the Φεστιβάλ Γρίφων Καστελλόριζου/Παιγνίδια Επιστήμης since the very first year it was organised.

This is no coincidence, as the Festival is organised by the mathematician Pantazis Choulis, founder of the Megisti Puzzle Museum, and the founder of the Ελένη Γραμματικοπούλου team, and is a national-scale event aiming to reduce scientific illiteracy in this remote border region of Greece.

For more information: https://www.kastellorizofestival.com/

A detailed account of the Science Reactors members' participation follows:

We shared science, laughter, and plenty of questions with young and old alike!

At the opening ceremony we presented our activities through a dialogue full of jokes and wordplay, giving a first taste of what was to come.

In the schools of Kastellorizo, with the programmes «Βάλε τους νευρώνες σου να δουλέψουν!» and «Προβλήματα της Χιλιετίας», we played with the students, explored artificial intelligence, and got to know the great unsolved questions of mathematics.

With different workshops on Saturday and Sunday, we explored artificial intelligence from many angles. In «AI or real;», we tried to tell real images and videos apart from AI creations and discussed how we check sources and cross-reference information. We also talked about social media addiction and our relationship with the digital world.

On Saturday we took to the stage of Hotel Megisti with our show «Η επιστήμη αλλιώς»! Mathematics, artificial intelligence, biology, physics, and astronomy became occasions for laughter, thought, and self-deprecation.

On Sunday we gave voice to excerpts from the novella «Χωρίς Αποστολέα», taking part in the book presentation.

At the closing ceremony, we took part with short talks that brought different scientific fields onto the same stage. We shared ideas, posed questions, and looked for connections between science and our everyday lives.

We thank the organisers, our partners, and the volunteers for everything we prepared together, the residents of Kastellorizo for their hospitality, and everyone who came to our activities and performances!