by Andrew Maynard | Apr 28, 2009 | Communication, Engagement, Public Perception
A 2-second distraction in the run-up to the 50th anniversary of CP Snow’s Two Cultures lecture: Take the two-cultures poll (below), and see how your answer aligns with those from others: Take Our Poll (If you can’t see the poll, click here) Now...
by Andrew Maynard | Apr 14, 2009 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Engagement
13 “Twits” Who Will Change Your Perspective on Reality Back in the days when Twitter was a mere slip of a social media service—around four months ago by my reckoning—it was a byword for meaningless web-chatter and banal exchanges. But the service is growing up...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 24, 2009 | Engagement, Nanotechnology
An interview with Dr. Kristen Kulinowski, Director of the International Council On Nanotechnology Today is Ada Lovelace Day—a day when people around the world are drawing attention to women who excel in technology. Some weeks back I pledged, along with many others...
by Andrew Maynard | Feb 16, 2009 | Engagement, Public Perception
If you want to annoy a scientist, show them a movie that gets the little details wrong—like the fact that sound doesn’t travel in a vacuum, or biologists always have a box of Kim Wipes within arms-reach. If you want to annoy anyone else, put them in the same room with...
by Andrew Maynard | Feb 5, 2009 | Civic Science, Engagement
I’ve been sitting here for over half an hour, trying to work out how to start this blog in an engaging and witty way, but have failed miserably—it’s been a long day! Instead, let me come straight to the point, because it’s quite a simple one—please read Sir Robert...
by Andrew Maynard | Feb 1, 2009 | Civic Science, Engagement, Policy
Reading through the various science and technology offerings on the web this morning, I was struck by a conversation between Houston Chronicle reporter Eric Berger and Neal Lane, former National Science Foundation director and science advisor to President Clinton. ...
