by Andrew Maynard | Feb 16, 2010 | Communication, Engagement
Prompted by a blog post by Stephen Hill this morning – and a flurry or Twitter responses to it – here’s a quick question on science and trust: Take Our Poll More on this in a later...
by Guest | Feb 12, 2010 | Communication, Engagement, Guest Post
A guest blog by Gary Kass, Principal Specialist in Strategic Futures at Natural England The London-based Science Media Centre (SMC) describes itself as “an independent venture working to promote the voices, stories and views of the scientific community to the national...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 7, 2010 | Emerging Technology, Engagement, Nanotechnology, Oversight, Policy
Back in February of 2009, the UK House of Lords Science and Technology Committee launched an inquiry into the use of nanotechnology in food products and the food industry. Chaired by Lord Krebs (the son of Hans Adolf Krebs – best known for describing the...
by Andrew Maynard | Dec 22, 2009 | Engagement
Brain-candy for the intellectually incapacitated. To help the brain cells recuperate from over-exertion (and quite possibly over-indulgence) this Holiday season, here’s a short compendium of mindless games – the sort of things scientists and others indulge...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 20, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Engagement
It’s the end of day one at the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda, and I’m sitting in my rather comfortable hotel room overlooking Palm Island, trying to pull my thoughts together. It was a day for meeting old friends, making new...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 15, 2009 | Communication, Engagement
Back in July I wrote a short blog about Tim Jones’ Exquisite Corpse of Science project – an innovative project to explore what people think about science and it’s place in their lives and society, through the medium of drawing and film. Four months...
