Everything since Christmas:
From ‘Taking Science to the People’, Jan 2, 2013 The Audacity of Facts: If God Told Scientists to Warn Us of Climate Change, Would Skeptics Listen?
“Over the past two decades, all published, peer-reviewed articles addressing climate, greater than 95% have stated both that climate change is occurring or about the affects the industrial revolution has had on climate.”
Yet there are still swathes of people who are skeptical about climate change.
What does it take for someone to listen to facts?
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From ‘Inspiring Science’, Jan 6, 2013From chips to chickens: how a little DNA can make a lot of difference
We share more than 98% of our genome with Chimpanzees, and more than half our genes with Chickens, yet humans look and behave quite differently to these genetic relatives. So what is happening beneath the skin to make a string of such similar information create such different organisms?
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From ‘Speaking of Science’, Jan 7, 2013Speaking To…Gareth Mitchell
This is part of a series of interviews with science communicators about science communication called Speaking to…
The first audio podcast in the series brings to you the voice of Gareth Mitchell. Lecturer in Science Communication at Imperial and presenter of Click on the BBC World Service, Gareth talks to Julie Gould about his work in SciComm and why it matters.
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From ‘Geo-HeritageScience’, Jan 9, 2013Is TV the Best Form of Science Communication? A Look at ‘Drugs Live’.
Is the arrival of science in the world of reality TV a win for science communication, or simply a sad debasement of science?
Jane Robb questions the motives and methods of Professor David Nutt’s show ‘Drugs Live’, and considers where the best fit for science communication lies within the modern, technological world.
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From ‘The Molecular Circus’, Jan 9, 2013Your body: The Liver & Alcohol
“Have you ever wondered how your body gets rid of alcohol?”
In a aptly themed post-christmas post Katie begins her exploration of the Liver – winner of “Best Multi-Tasker Award at The Association of Human Organs Recognition of Excellence Awards”, but also supreme party-pooper.
From ‘Speaking of Science’, Jan 10, 2013Speaking to…Bill Bryson
“A special podcast with Mr Bill Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly Everything.”
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From ‘Science Hubb’, Jan 10, 2013Slimy, Weird, Cheaters
“Lurking in gutters, gardens and forests, just under-foot, lies something strange. Something almost alien.”
Blurring the line between single cell and multicellular organisms, slime mould displays a kind of brainless intelligence in the way it conducts itself - behavior that seems more science fiction than science fact.
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From ‘Speaking of Science’, Jan 14, 2013Speaking to…Roland Jackson
This is part of a series of interviews with science communicators about science communication called Speaking to…
CEO of the British Science Association speaks to Julie Gould about how he reached this position, and what motivates a career in science communication.
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