by Andrew Maynard | May 29, 2010 | Communication, Engagement, Science Communication
The good folks at I’m A Scientist, Get Me Out Of Here have just posted a new video on YouTube about the event. It gives a great overview of what I’m A Scientist is all about, and what makes it special: I particularly like the comment “It’s...
by Andrew Maynard | May 28, 2010 | Nanotechnology, Policy
Catching up with my email after a long day off the net, I see that a group of Non Government Organizations (NGOs) are urging EPA not to allow the use of an alleged nanotechnology-based dispersant in the Gulf of Mexico. The letter from thirteen organizations was...
by Andrew Maynard | May 26, 2010 | Emerging Technology, Future, Policy, Risk, Synthetic Biology, Technology Innovation
Last week’s announcement from the J. Craig Venter Institute that scientists had created the first-ever synthetic cell was a profoundly significant point in human history, and marked a turning point in our quest to control the natural world. But the ability to...
by Andrew Maynard | May 25, 2010 | Education
As you’ll have realized from my post last week, I will be competing in I’m A Scientist, Get Me Out Of Here in in a couple of weeks’ time. I’m going to be attempting to capture the event from my perspective through a series of rather shorter,...
by Andrew Maynard | May 22, 2010 | Synthetic Biology
Typical. One of the most anticipated technological breakthroughs in years hits the streets, and I’m completely off the web – holed up in an Italian hotel with no internet and no phone. I’m talking of course about J. Craig Venter’s team’s...
