by Andrew Maynard | Feb 28, 2012 | Communication
If you haven’t been reading the Mind The Science Gap blog, you really should. Ten Masters of Public Health students have been excelling themselves as they hone their ability to take published research and translate it into something accessible to a broader...
by Andrew Maynard | Feb 20, 2012 | Communication, Nanotechnology, Technology Innovation
This has just landed in my email in box from Craig Cormick at the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education in Australia, and I thought I would pass it on given the string of posts on nanoparticles in sunscreens on 2020 Science over...
by Andrew Maynard | Feb 19, 2012 | Communication, Education, Emerging Technology, Engagement, Nanotechnology, Technology Innovation
Here’s an introduction to the “wonders and worries of nanotechnology” that I think is rather brilliant: It’s part of a series being produced by the Science Museum of Minnesota for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education network (NISE Net). The...
by Andrew Maynard | Feb 12, 2012 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Engagement
Another product of the A World Of Surprises project with James King and a bunch of extremely talented public health and science students. This is a video from Gracie Trinidad, and explores the frisson between superstition and science through medieval paintings...
by Andrew Maynard | Feb 4, 2012 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Engagement
A product of the A World Of Surprises project with James King and a bunch of extremely talented public health and science students. The task was to explore the confluence between mundane and catastrophic risk, which the team does beautifully. Love the technique, and...
by Andrew Maynard | Feb 4, 2012 | Communication, Education, Emerging Technology, Engagement, Technology Innovation
Credit: James King Last semester, speculative designer James King worked with myself and a small group of science and public health students at the University of Michigan to explore how a fusion of science and creative art can lead to new insights and modes of...
