What possessed self-confessed “terrible science student” Bill Bryson to write a book about the science of everything?
All writing is “an instinct to share amazing information” he explains in this short film from the Wellcome Trust and “science is fundamentally amazing.”
Australian science has just gained its millionth fan on worldwide internet phenomenon Facebook, the Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb announced at the Australian Science Communicators National Conference in Sydney today.
“The milestone makes Australian website ScienceAlert.com.au the world’s #1 provider of science news on Facebook,” managing director Chris Cassella said.
“We’re also now the world’s […]
The international competition – awarded by the journal Science and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) – recognises the year’s best images, videos and interactive games that convey complex science ideas. Winning entries must not only capture attention, but help the viewer grasp scientific research, when words alone might fall short. Deadly cucumber skin and a two-dimensional compound […]
I thought this was an interesting read. I didn’t, however, agree with the comment that articles on the Conversation are boring. Anyway the thrust of this post is there appears to be an ongoing online debate about how science should be communicated by journalists and vice versa. In many of these articles there are a […]
According to two investigative journalists, Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche withheld vital data about the effectiveness of its swine flu drug Tamiflu from scientists.
Read the full story here:
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/01/12/pharma-company-hid-vital-data-on-tamiflu-scientists-claim/
Interesting article in terms of using social media to reach a demographic and how to reach that elusive age group.
http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/258803/20111130/facebook-apps-bring-millions-new-young-readers.htm
Jack Shafer: Looking forward to taking a mallet to embargoes, not only the arts embargoes but the science, think tank, government, and academic embargoes. To hell with all of them.
See live chat here
Interesting ….. on the problem of article retractions. Offers watchdog site http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/
An interesting article that raises the question, I think, of how well scientists understand media image or contextual analysis or cultural studies.
Will robots take over from journalists?