ScienceOnlineVancouver

http://en.support.wordpress.com/xml-rpc/windows-live-writer/ Filed under: RED SALSA (English)

This week two newspapers featured school seminars that help graduate students communicate their science to general audiences. The Seattle Times featured Engage Science from University of Washington and the Long Island Newsday featured the Center for Communicating Science of Stony Brook University*. Those programs recognize a need for…[Read more]

Reblogged from Science Politics: Funding levels for the remainder of FY2013 have been set (see this recent AAAS article that details the effects the FY2013 appropriations bill will have on research funding levels – for example, NIH will be funded 4.8% less than FY2012). Both the US Senate and House of Representatives have also just passed [...]

Imagine a fishermen in Tutuila island, American Samoa. An earthquake a few hundred kilometers away triggers a tsunami alert while he is  listening to the boat’s radio near harbor. His options are clear: either to take his fishing boat to deeper waters and save his means of subsistence, or to abandon boat and go home [...]

¿Tienes un minuto? ¿Podrías explicarme la mecánica cuántica por favor? Hay gente que sí puede explicar lo complicado en un par de minutos y lo hace muy bien. Henry Reich en MinutePhysics explora la mecánica cuántica y otros conceptos difíciles a través del dibujo y la narración. Sus videos consisten en dibujos simples que van [...]

A room full of science bloggers fell silent after Liz Neeley (compassblogs.org) asked how much effort they invested in headlines for their blog posts. Apparently most of the public in the room, including myself, doesn’t fuss a lot about headlines. Seasoned blogger Brendan DeMelle (DeSmogBlog.com) told us that this inattention may cost your post a…[Read more]

La ciencia que no despierta el interés del público corre el riesgo de acabar en los anaqueles olvidados  de la universidad. Para evitar esta suerte hay que publicar y comunicar, sabiendo bien a cual público está dirigida la comunicación. En Seattle hay muchas experiencias de comunicación científica exitosas, pero hoy voy a hablar de dos [...]

Why go to graduate school? To win a Nobel Prize one day? You like the work (me)? Someone has offered you a position (Paid to learn – great!)? There are many reasons to start – and complete – a PhD. Current academic training creates many candidates for limited career positions. Much has been written about [...]