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You don't expect to visit Wales' best loved literary event and return with a renewed enthusiasm for maths, data and quantum computers. But be warned - it may happen if you follow the Science Caf茅's聽guide to science events at this year's Hay Festival.

Adam talks to science comedian Timandra Harkness, author of Big Data, who has found maths and data a rich source of chuckle material. He learns more about intractable computer problems from Cardiff University's Rhyd Lewis, and about quantum computers from Oxford University's James Vickary, who is running Build Your Own Quantum Computers at the festival.

And聽for a change of pace we hear from聽broadcaster and writer Adam Nicolson, who's new work The Seabird's Cry tells the story of the remarkable lives and journeys of these magnificent creatures.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽