by Andrew Maynard | Jul 8, 2014 | Communication
A recent paper in the journal Science Communication suggests, amongst other things, that reading science blogs leads to a decreased factual understanding of nanotechnology, and that the effect is greater for readers with lower socioeconomic status (SES). The paper by...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 18, 2013 | Communication, Engagement
After nearly two years and four hundred posts, the science communication course at the University of Michigan that feeds the Mind The Science Gap blog is coming to and end. In between running a department, directing a research center, teaching, and actually doing...
by Andrew Maynard | May 26, 2013 | Communication, Education
From Risk Sense: Six months ago, Risk Bites launched as a somewhat quirky YouTube experiment in science communication. Twenty-seven videos on, how are things going? Risk Bites was originally conceived as a way of pulling some rather cool insights into the...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 2, 2013 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Engagement, Environment, Geoengineering, Public Health, Risk, Sustainability, Synthetic Biology, Technology Innovation
Cross-posted from Risk Sense This week’s Risk Bites video takes a roller-coaster ride through some of the hottest topics in risk science. Admittedly this is a somewhat personal list, and rather constrained by being compressed into a two and a half minute video...
by Candace Rowell | Nov 26, 2012 | Communication, Education, Guest Post, Society
A guest post by Candace Rowell MPH. Candace is an alum of the University of Michigan School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health Sciences, and a former contributor to Mind The Science Gap. She is currently a research associated with the Qatar...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 14, 2012 | Communication, Education
YouTube intrigues me. Having been dragged into the YouTube culture by my teenagers over the past two years, I’ve been fascinated by the shift from seemingly banal content to a sophisticated social medium. But what has really grabbed my attention is the growth...
