12 women from the world of science held a series of talks on South King Street today as part of Soapbox Science Dublin.
Each scientist had their own 1 meter square box to stand on, while talking to the public about their field of research.
Passers by got hear how plants use their roots to talk to bees, how chemistry can help tackle climate change, and how computers learn image recognition.
These were just some of the topics discussed during today's event
UCD Lecturer Dr Dara Stanley says the aim was to bring science to a wider audience:
"People going about their daily business might just come across the scientists, and hear a bit about science when they weren't necessarily expecting to. So it's trying to bring science to a really broad general public audience".
Dr Stanley also believes that a strong visual representation of women in the sector could encourage young girls and women to follow suit:
"Increasing the visibility of female scientists can have benefits across the board in terms of changing the perception of what a scientist looks like. That was one of the main aims for today-to make female scientists and the work that they do more visible to the general public".
