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Category Archives: Science online
Prof Sten Llongstrom of Universeum on Science communication, small pots of money and networks.
Professor Sten Llongstrom is the Scientific Director of the Universeum AB in Sweden, one of three major Science Centres represented in CASC. Sten has been involved throughout the 22 months os the Science and Cities programme. Here he talks about … Continue reading
Thinktank Planetarium, Facebook and how to inspire people
Welcome to the Thinktank Planetarium Facebook page! Here at the planetarium we have a pleasant task…how to make astronomy, science and fulldome (360-degree) video technology sexy? Our Facebook page attempts to achieve this, and promotes the work the planetarium team … Continue reading
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Science Online: Anders Ynnerman: Visualizing the medical data explosion
A fascinating video from TEDxGöteborg: “Today medical scans produce thousands of images and terabytes of data for a single patient in mere seconds, but how do doctors parse this information and determine what’s useful? At TEDxGöteborg, scientific visualization expert Anders Ynnerman shows … Continue reading
Marcos Perez from Casa de las Ciencias on science communication and lessons learned from the CASC project
We’ve been finding out the thoughts and opinions of some of the Cities and Science Communication delegates ahead of this week’s final conference. Here, we find out from Marcos Perez of Casa de las Ciencias what his views are on … Continue reading
Science Online: Horizon, Science Under Attack
You have a month to catchup up with the BBC Horizon programme “Science Under Attack”. “Nobel Prize winner Sir Paul Nurse examines why science appears to be under attack, and why public trust in key scientific theories has been eroded … Continue reading
Science Online: More on Science Blogging as ‘echo chamber’
Ed Yong at Not Exactly Rocket Science continues with the “Who are we really writing for” debate we linked to yesterday. He says: ” I’ve written before that if I really wanted to influence the minds of people with no … Continue reading
Science Online: As Science Bloggers, Who Are We Really Writing For?
Emily Anthes from the Public Library of Science blog network came back from the ScienceOnline 2011 conference thinking about the audience and purpose of blogging about science: “I couldn’t help but wondering whether we sometimes get trapped in an echo … Continue reading
Science Online: Analysing Newspapers on Mental Health
In a project that has some parallels to some CASC (in the work package ‘Tools for building a scientific culture‘, some work is being done on development of a software to explore the presence of scientific concepts in the headlines … Continue reading
Science Online: iPhone/iPad apps for science teachers
The Frog Blog has lots of useful reviews and links to recommended apps for teaching science. Including Touch Physics, of which it says: “is a game where you must use your knowledge of the laws of physics to move a small wheel … Continue reading
Science Online: Thoughts and links from around the web
Some of the most interesting science thoughts and links from around the web: Public Attitudes to Science workshop — Scicommbobulate “The workshop was organised by the market research company Ipsos MORI, who on this occasion has been commissioned by the … Continue reading