by Andrew Maynard | Nov 3, 2014 | Communication, Risk, Risk Bites, Science Communication
Between now and the end of the year, we’re aiming to reach 10,000 subscribers on the Risk Bites YouTube channel, and we need your help. To find out how, click here or check out the #RiskBites10k hashtag on Twitter Otherwise, keep on reading to find out more....
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 23, 2014 | Ebola, Health
There’s something rather human about being scared of the ebola virus. It’s a “bogeyman” virus – the stuff of nightmares; hovering in the shadows of our imagination like a half-glimpsed specter. Like most imagined horrors though, the...
by Andrew Maynard | Sep 11, 2014 | Communication, Science Communication
This Friday my class of second year Environmental Health Science Master of Public Health students are going to get my admittedly quirky annual lecture on crating poster presentations. Quirky, because I’m a little obsessive about the importance of story telling...
by Andrew Maynard | Aug 20, 2014 | Nanotechnology
Why are materials important? How do they limit what we can achieve? And what can we do to change this? (Check out the videos below). Advanced Materials Materials and how we use them are inextricably linked to the development of human society. Yet amazing as historic...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 7, 2014 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Risk Bites
Just for the fun of it, I decided to live-tweet the making of the previous Risk Bites video (Five things worth knowing about nanoparticles and sunscreens – posted June 15 2014). [View the story “Making a Risk Bites video” on Storify] The whole six...
