by Andrew Maynard | Feb 11, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Religion, Synthetic Biology
Charles Darwin has a lot to answer for. He saw the world with new eyes, fundamentally changed our understanding of nature, and upset a lot of people in the process. 200 years after his birth, Darwin’s work underpins modern biology. His findings still challenge,...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 25, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Engagement, Nanotechnology
I spend quite a bit of my time talking to different groups about nanotechnology, including its potential and its challenges. And as a result, I’m constantly on the prowl for new ways of illustrating why nanotechnology is important. In particular, I’ve been keeping my...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 13, 2009 | Civic Science, Emerging Technology, Engagement
Public engagement was a key feature in Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, and has been front and foremost in the transition between the old administration and the new. You only have to check out change.gov to see how ideas are evolving on soliciting and evaluating...
by Andrew Maynard | Dec 31, 2008 | Emerging Technology, Policy, Public Perception
Science gone right, science gone wrong, science gone social, science gone political—it’s all here in five off-beat book recommendations to kick off 2009. Ranging from Darwin’s Origin of Species to Sir Terry Pratchett’s Nation, the one thing I think I can guarantee is...
by Andrew Maynard | Dec 13, 2008 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology
The pains and pleasures of tweeting science and technology innovation, 140 characters at a time. Five days, 539 words and 3,447 characters later, the Twitter experiment is over. Did I succeed in communicating on emerging science and technology in 700 characters a...
