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...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 30, 2009 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Engagement, Recommended
As scientists, how we love to rail against the incompetence of the media. As self-proclaimed keepers of the truth, we decry – usually rather vocally – the misinterpretation and misuse of our precious studies. And as we commiserate together on the...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 14, 2009 | Communication, Nanotechnology
Since when did peer review journals start to put press hits before published data? Scientific peer review journals are a cornerstone of modern science – providing an authoritative repository of scientific discovery that researchers and others can examine, test...
by Andrew Maynard | Sep 3, 2009 | Communication, Engagement, Recommended
How exactly did I get hooked on science? It’s not something I’ve thought about too much before. But an invitation to discuss how to inspire the next generation of scientists, technologists and engineers next week has got me thinking… Next Monday...
by Andrew Maynard | Aug 24, 2009 | Communication
Following on from yesterday’s update on my quest to track science influence on Twitter, I’ve posted a bubble-chart of the August “influence stats” for all 523 scientwists in David Bradley’s list over at Many Eyes. Using the chart, you can...
