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...
by Craig Cormick | Nov 25, 2011 | Engagement, Guest Post, Nanotechnology, Public Perception
A guest blog by Craig Cormick. Over the past decade there has been a significant growth in public engagement activities relating to nanotechnology and when you look across all the data being generated you can learn a lot about how the public view the risks and...
by Andrew Maynard | Sep 14, 2011 | Communication, Education, Engagement, Public Perception, Recommended
Blockbuster movies aren’t usually noted for their scientific accuracy and education potential. But since its release last week, Steven Soderburgh’s Contagion seems to be challenging the assumption that Hollywood can’t do science. The other day I...
by Andrew Maynard | Sep 5, 2011 | Civic Science, Education, Engagement, Peer review, Society
This morning I sat down with my 14 year old son and asked him what area of science caught his interest especially. He answered “the future of space exploration”. We carried out a search on the Web of Science for “future + space + exploration”,...
by Andrew Maynard | Aug 24, 2011 | Education, Engagement, Society
Is social media messing up today’s teens? Adults, it seems, love to pontificate on the benefits and ills of emerging internet-based communication platforms on young people. But how often do they bother to listen to the teenagers they claim to be concerned...
