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Can science blogs save science journalism?

By Frank ⋅ October 22, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

This discussion makes for a very interesting read. For most scientists and journalists alike, the process of communication about science to a wider audience is a mystery wrapped in an enigma. What particularly surprises me in this discussion is that Cole, a profesor of journalism, thinks the audience should become more science literate and that [...]

Role model

By Frank ⋅ June 29, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Scientists very often have the stigma of being dull, old, grey men labelled on them. One of the ways in which we can show the general public and especially the young public that science isn’t (necessarily) boring and that not every scientist is by definition dull (although I know plenty who can put you to [...]

Numb3rs

By Frank ⋅ February 18, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s very strange to see a television show get its own symposium on a big science conference like the AAAS. But in this case it’s more than justified. One of the most difficult fields in science to popularise is mathematics, but the CBS eggheads have done just that. The show Numb3rs, in which an FBI [...]

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