by Andrew Maynard | Jan 18, 2010 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology
How do you write a book about something few people have heard off, and less seem interested in? The answer, it seems, is to write about something else. Felice Frankel and George Whitesides have clearly taken this lesson to heart. Judged by the cover alone, their new...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 8, 2010 | Communication, Nanotechnology
Hype, scare mongering, obfuscation and just plain misinformation – the scientific community are reasonably clear about what they think of Tabloid science reporting much of the time. So I wasn’t too surprised to see the headline “‘Grey...
by Ruth Seeley | Jan 4, 2010 | Communication, Guest Post
By Ruth Seeley, No Spin PR. A little over a year ago, Ruth Seeley – a freelance communications consultant – rather bravely approached me with a proposition: She would help me develop a social media strategy for 2020 Science, if I would let her write the experience up...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 29, 2009 | Communication
Update July 2015 -Andréia’s original blog post isn’t accessible anymore sadly (I’m still looking for a link to an archived version). Andréia Azevedo Soares has just posted an excellent blog on how to interview scientists over at YS Journal –...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 15, 2009 | Communication, Engagement
Back in July I wrote a short blog about Tim Jones’ Exquisite Corpse of Science project – an innovative project to explore what people think about science and it’s place in their lives and society, through the medium of drawing and film. Four months...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 30, 2009 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Engagement, Recommended
As scientists, how we love to rail against the incompetence of the media. As self-proclaimed keepers of the truth, we decry – usually rather vocally – the misinterpretation and misuse of our precious studies. And as we commiserate together on the...
