It’s just 50 days to the next Big Bang science fair being held in Manchester.

I went to last year’s London event and was really impressed by the sheer excitement that was generated.

It raises the question which often puzzles people in the UK: If schoolchildren can get so excited by science how come they don’t take it on into careers?

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Two years ago I travelled to Agra in India to visit the biggest bear sanctuary in the world.

The park offers a peaceful life to former dancing bears and snatched bear cubs allowing them to live with each other with at least some comfort.

The park is part of a project to clear illegal dancing bears from the streets of India.

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