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Category Archives: Science & Media
Writing Science
Writing about science. It’s important. And not just because you could win some dosh from the Wellcome Trust. I tried to explain why (and a little bit about how) in a guest post on Grrlscientist’s blog today.
The Perutz Effect
I have Jim Franks of Newton TV to thank for the opportunity to sit around a table with some of the current scientists at the world-famous MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology to talk about the legacy of its founder, Max … Continue reading
Posted in History of Science, Protein Crystallography, Science, Science & Media
Tagged Max Perutz, Protein Crystallography, Video
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Burying Pigs and Information
Ben Goldacre wrote a short blogpost today to bemoan the habit of many media outlets of not linking to the primary sources for their reports and headlines. He was referring to stories that have appeared today about Asian gangs abusing white … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Science & Media, Science & Politics
Tagged animal welfare, foot-and-mouth disease, science communication
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The Seriously Funny Fringe
When Simon Jenkins wrote in The Guardian a couple of months back about science being a new religion we all scoffed. Oh, how we scoffed. Scoff, scoff, scoff, scoff, scoff. Scoff. But having been at the Edinburgh Fringe for a … Continue reading
A change in the weather?
I’m beginning to recognise the signs. Have you seen them too? The mercury is holding steady but there’s a sudden and unexpected stiffening of the breeze. And a darkening tint to the clouded sky. Yes — there can be no … Continue reading
Posted in Libel Reform, Science & Media, Uncategorized
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Oddly Connect
The germ of this post started with a remark by Kristi, who was struck on a recent visit to the UK by the number of people reading on public transport. I was reading a piece from this week’s Nature as … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, History of Science, Science & Media, Uncategorized
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