by Andrew Maynard | Mar 26, 2009 | Communication, Nanotechnology, Oversight, Recommended
There are some things they don’t cover in media training, like giving interviews while suffering from stomach flu, talking to reporters thousands of miles away while on a dodgy cell phone connection, or speaking intelligently while your three-year-old niece runs rings...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 20, 2009 | Communication, Recommended
This week’s edition of Nature includes a thought provoking piece by Geoff Brumfiel on the decline of mainstream science journalism and the rise of science blogging. The big question: Can one replace the other? It’s a sobering read: Blumfiel paints a picture of old...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 19, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Rethinking Science & Technology
Part 1 of a series on rethinking science and technology for the 21st century We live in a crowded, science and technology-dependent word. And things aren’t getting any better! The global population is currently around 6.8 billion. Over the next four years it’s...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 6, 2009 | Civic Science, Communication, Emerging Technology
I’ve been intending writing about Ray Kurzweil and the technological singularity for some time now. This isn’t that blog—it is a Friday evening after all, at the end of a long week. But it is connected with some of the ideas behind the singularity. Instead, I’m...
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...
