It wasn’t your average delivery when three, 7 tonne trucks arrived at Life Science Centre today carrying several life-sized dinosaurs! Passers by stopped to take a second-look as the crates were opened and the bubble-wrap pulled back to reveal the pre-historic predators including Tarbosaurus, the fearsome cousin of T. rex. The delivery was part of Life’s latest exhibition, Age of the Dinosaur, which will open to the public on Saturday 25 May.

Visitors to Life will get to meet a menagerie of creatures this May Bank Holiday weekend (4-6 May) when furry, scaly and feathery friends will be on show.

More than ten thousand science and technology fans flocked to the Centre for Life at the weekend to take part in Maker Faire UK, a celebration of ‘making’, of creation, science and art.

As Makers from all over the world descend on Newcastle this weekend for Maker Faire UK, Business Secretary, Vince Cable MP, today (25 April) emphasised the important role that the Faire can play in addressing the huge shortage of engineers in the UK. He said: “We need to show young people how exciting a career in this field can be. I hope Maker Faire UK will inspire the next generation of engineers, especially amongst women who are chronically under-represented in the profession."

INTERNATIONAL VISITORS HEADING TO NEWCASTLE’S CENTRE FOR LIFE FOR MAKER FAIRE UK Living up to its reputation as ‘the greatest show and tell on Earth’, tickets for Maker Faire UK are selling fast with visitors set to descend on Newcastle from all over the world. Brought to the city by the Centre for Life, Maker Faire UK will take place on 27 & 28 April. Over 10,000 visitors are expected to attend and be part of the event where, among other things, they will meet robots that dance, knit and breathe fire as well as hearing one of Barack Obama’s Champions of Change talk about the importance of a Maker culture.

Like to solder? Reckon you could look after a robot, fire a paint canon, make a racket with some Noisy Toys or are you simply great at meeting and greeting?

Another pre-school day at Life on Tuesday 26 March 9.30 AM - 3.00 PM

To 'celebrate' National Science and Engineering Week (15-24 March) Life's Education Department will be welcoming groups from 57 schools from the region…. but it isn't just for children…

No lab coat required…

"But is it for me?" … would-be vets get some answers at Life with a new mini-vet lecture series.