What is Science Together?

Science Together gives your family one short science question every evening, written to be read aloud at the table. Everyone locks in a guess, the grown-up reveals the answer, and the family talks about it. It is designed to feel finished after two minutes.

Do my children need their own accounts?

No. There is one family account, on the grown-up's phone, and there are no child logins. The only thing the app knows about a child is a first name and an emoji face, and that stays on your device.

Are there adverts in Science Together?

No. There are no ads, no tracking, no analytics and nothing to scroll, whichever way you join.

How much does Science Together cost?

It is 3.99 pounds a month or 30 pounds a year, always starting with a free trial. The first 100 Founding Families pay 30 pounds once and keep it for good.

Who writes the questions?

Antony O'Sullivan, a working comet scientist and PhD researcher at Cardiff University. Every question comes with a simple answer to read aloud, a deeper layer for when they ask why, a note on what nobody knows yet, and something to try using what you already have at home.

Does NOVA outreach visit schools?

Yes. NOVA outreach delivers curriculum-linked science workshops, VR space experiences and full planetarium days to primary and secondary schools across Wales and the wider UK. Prices start at 200 pounds for a single session, and funded free places are available to state schools whenever funding allows.

Science outreach from Cardiff, across Wales and beyond

Science that ignites curiosity

NOVA outreach brings extraordinary science into classrooms, into workplaces and around the kitchen table. Curriculum-linked school sessions, children's books and a family science app, all built on live research.

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Since January 2026

4,000+

students, adults and community members reached

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curriculum-linked sessions, from KS1 through to GCSE

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live PhD research strands feeding straight back into the classroom

New from NOVA outreach

Science Together

One short science question a night, written to be read aloud at your table. Everyone guesses, the grown-up reveals the answer, and the family talks. No ads, no child logins, nothing to scroll.

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The Science Together app showing tonight's question ready to read aloud

What we do

Science for everyone

Whether you are booking for a school, buying for your family, or looking for a partner worth backing, there is a way in.

Schools

Curriculum-linked workshops, educational packages and full planetarium days, delivered by a working scientist. Every price published, with funded places for state schools wherever funding allows.

Sessions and prices

Families

The Bearded Scientist books and the Science Together app. Beautiful, factual, funny science that keeps children curious long after a school visit ends.

Books and apps

Companies

Sponsor a school visit or a science day, run a team STEM event, or build a research partnership. Sponsorship funds the free state school visits we promise on the Schools page.

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The Bearded Scientist

Every child is more extraordinary than the universe itself

Wildly enthusiastic. Magnificently bearded. Absolutely convinced that the universe is extraordinary, and that every child who picks up one of his books is more extraordinary still.

The Bearded Scientist fronts every NOVA outreach book, app and school session. The First Steps book range is on the way, along with a Bearded Scientist card game.

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The Bearded Scientist, a cartoon scientist with a large orange beard and goggles

The universe is extraordinary. Every single bit of it. And so, quite frankly, are you.

Evidence-led outreach

Grounded in real research

NOVA outreach is not designed by gut instinct. Our sessions are shaped by ongoing PhD research into science capital, and by frontier observational work on comet 29P. Surveys taken in sessions and in the app feed that research directly.

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What schools say

Real words from real teachers

You met the learners on their level and made science accessible to them. The excitement and passion you shared reflected back in them, we could all see the joy that the session brought.
The River Centre, Tredegar

His passion for the subject was evident and infectious, capturing the children's imaginations from the very beginning. The children have been talking about it enthusiastically ever since.
Thornhill Primary School, Cardiff

The feedback from pupils and teachers alike was extremely positive. There was just the right balance of providing information and allowing pupils to discover for themselves.
ILM Primary School, Cardiff

The funding loop

Every price on this site is real, and so is the commitment behind it

We use donations, grants and sponsorship to bring these sessions to state schools free of charge whenever funding allows. Books, sponsorship and donations all feed the same pot.

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