Launches 'Rota Ciencia', a sprawling space that shows science is “fun and fascinating”.

“Science is far from boring. Science is fun, entertaining and fascinating” An empirical example of this is the 'Rota Ciencia' event organized by 'Alcalde Felipe Benítez' today at the Municipal Auditorium. Seven science communicators from the national scene will give short and entertaining talks on the topic throughout the day on Saturday.

With some changes in the lineup of speakers and an audience eager to enjoy and learn, a new edition of this space for science, knowledge and fun has begun. You have to hear and see the Master of Ceremonies, this year's popular Carlos Lopato, wearing a cut-out jacket to break from a minute and talking about science too serious. The first message was captured by the public and some later the first of the reinforced speakers, José Antonio Prado-Bazas, talks about 'The Mates of the Mystery', involving everyone in his story from the beginning.

Before getting to the point, Carlo Lopato thanked the Rota City Council and Planeta Explora, which is in charge of organizing the event in collaboration with the Provincial Council of Cádiz, which “makes Rota the eye of science at a national level.” With top speakers. All of them were thanked by the city mayor, Javier Ruiz, who in a brief speech took the opportunity to welcome people from the province and other parts of the country, inviting them to learn about the benefits of the municipality. .

Councilor Roteño highlighted the work of all those involved in organizing such a high-level event, among them Professor Eugenio Fernández, German Bernal from Planeta Explora, Juan Bezos and the Provincial Council of Cádiz. As stated in the well-chosen motto of the first edition, Rota continues to be a beacon of science and aims to ensure that the city continues to be associated with the dissemination of science in the future.

This year, medicine, viewed from different perspectives by mathematicians, biologists, historians, etc., is the common thread of seven presentations that will be created and free.

This year's scientific communicators are José Manuel López Nicolás, vice-rector of the University of Murcia, an expert in biotechnology with national and international awards, whose presentation was 'Nanotechnology and health, a multidisciplinary approach'; Laura Alvarez Pelez, a young biologist from Granada, who will talk about 'traitor antibodies and where to find them'; Daniel Torregrosa, a chemist who was there last year and returns with his talk on 'The Love of Bitter Almonds'; The highlight of the day is Alba Moreno, a young physicist, TikToker, with more than 500,000 followers, a hit on this network talking about science and physics, and his presentation is titled 'The Life of Black Holes'. Next to her will be Roteño professor José Antonio Lucero, who will talk about history and science, 'History can lie to you, your genes can't'; Maria Rosa Duran, who had already been to Rota on other occasions and asked 'Can mathematics cure?' And José Antonio Prato, who was already in the first edition and opened the day with his speech on 'Los Mates del Mysterio'.

'Rota Ciencia 2024' will end with a round table on the topic of 'Future Medicine', moderated by Daniel Torregrosa, with José Manuel López Nicolás, María Rosa Durán and José Domingo Sanmartin, physicist. Participate. , head of electromedicine at the Virgen del Rocio Hospital in Seville.

In short, a day to learn, share knowledge and above all, enjoy science.