by Andrew Maynard | Jun 23, 2016 | Emerging Technology, Future, Responsible Innovation, Risk
Take an advanced technology. Add a twist of fantasy. Stir well, and watch the action unfold. It’s the perfect recipe for a Hollywood tech-disaster blockbuster. And clichéd as it is, it’s the scenario that we too often imagine for emerging technologies. Think...
by Andrew Maynard | Jun 17, 2016 | Communication, Science Communication
A few days ago, I was asked to articulate my “rules” for effective science communication. I don’t actually have a check-list for developing science communications (and I’m not sure that a rigid check list would be such a good idea). But I do have an informal (and...
by Andrew Maynard | Jun 15, 2016 | Nanotechnology, Risk, Technology Innovation
Just a few years ago, carbon nanotubes were front and center of discussions around the safety of engineered nanomaterials. These days, not so much. So what happened? Did we do the science and discover that they’re just as safe as any other form of carbon? Or...
by Andrew Maynard | Jun 5, 2016 | Communication, Education
Too often, it seems, the mark of a “good” scientist is the ability to give an excruciatingly embarrassing and incomprehensible scientific presentation – the sort of presentations that litter academic conferences. Borne out of long-standing...
by Andrew Maynard | May 17, 2016 | Nanotechnology, Public Health, Responsible Innovation, Risk
There’s a lot of stuff you’d expect to find in baby formula: proteins, carbs, vitamins, essential minerals. But parents probably wouldn’t anticipate finding extremely small, needle-like particles. Yet this is exactly what a team of scientists here at Arizona State...
