by Andrew Maynard | Jan 25, 2012 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Technology Innovation
The US National Academy of Science today published its long-awaited Research Strategy for Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials. I won’t comment extensively on the report as I was a member of the committee that wrote it. But I...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 21, 2012 | Communication
Cross-posted from the Scientific American Incubator blog: Studying for a Masters degree in Public Health prepares you for many things. But it doesn’t necessarily give you hands-on experience of how to take complex information and translate it into something others...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 11, 2012 | Emerging Technology, Environment, Nanotechnology, Policy, Technology Innovation
Cross-posted from the Risk Science Blog The World Economic Forum Global Risks Report is one of the most authoritative annual assessments of emerging issues surrounding risk currently produced. Now in its seventh edition, the 2012 report launched today draws on over...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 5, 2012 | Communication, Education
In a little over a week, ten of my University of Michigan Masters of Public Health students will embark on an intensive science blogging course – and they need your help! Every week for ten weeks, each student will take a recent scientific publication or...
by Andrew Maynard | Dec 22, 2011 | Education
Two years ago I posted links to ten (relatively) mindless online “games” as a bit of fun, and as something not too taxing to indulge in over the holiday break. Having reached that point again where anything more intellectually challenging than tic tac toe...