doctoralicebell.blogspot.com
Alice Bell: The Myth of Scientific Literacy
http://doctoralicebell.blogspot.com/2010/08/myth-of-scientific-literacy.html
Science, technology, medicine, politics, popular culture, media. Tuesday, 10 August 2010. The Myth of Scientific Literacy. Every now and again, the term "scientific literacy" gets wheeled out and I roll my eyes. This post is an attempt to explain why. These are serious problems. Back in the early 1990s, Jon Durant very usefully outlined out the three main types of scientific literacy. This is probably as good a place to start as any:. Knowing how science works. The second of Durant's approaches to scient...
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Greenpeace and GM wheat: time to stand up for science - Mark Lynas
http://www.marklynas.org/2011/07/greenpeace-and-gm-wheat-time-to-stand-up-for-science
Skip to main content. Environmental news and comment. Greenpeace and GM wheat: time to stand up for science. I have resisted posting anything on Greenpeace’s destruction of a genetically-modified wheat test site in Australia last week because – following from the spat over the IPCC renewables report. To see what happened, watch this video. And read this report. Posted by Nature. Have a look also at Greenpeace Australia’s FAQ. It would be funny were it not so serious. What is extraordinary is that the...
experimentalcollaborations.wordpress.com
Towards a Manifesto for Experimental Collaborations between Social and Natural Scientists | Experimental Collaborations
https://experimentalcollaborations.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/towards-a-manifesto-for-experimental-collaborations-between-social-and-natural-scientists
Towards a Manifesto for Experimental Collaborations between Social and Natural Scientists. By Balmer, Bulpin, Calvert, Kearnes, Mackenzie, Marris, Martin, Molyneux-Hodgson and Schyfter. We have not determined how the principles will develop or what form they may take in the future. Your comments and ideas will be invaluable in helping shape the discussion and in guiding us towards a collaboratively produced response to collaborations. If social and natural scientists want to produce more desired outcomes...
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Vetenskapsfestivalen Göteborg – För branschen
http://vetenskapsfestivalen.se/for-branschen
Internationella Vetenskapsfestivalen Göteborg är ett av Europas ledande populärvetenskapliga evenemang och Sveriges enda i sitt slag. Vi förmedlar vetenskap till allmänhet och skola samtidigt som vi erbjuder en mötesplats för forskarsamhället. Från information till samverkan. Trenden internationellt går mot en ökad dialog med olika intressenter och allmänheten under forskningsprocessen. Begrepp som. Responsible Research and Innovation. Mfl hörs alltmer i den allmänna debatten. Inte på plats i Göteborg?
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Technology Bloggers | Page 3
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Info On The Blog. Info On The Blog. Water Filters in a Book. Dr Teri Dankovich, a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh USA has developed and tested a book whose pages can be torn out and used to filter drinking water. Trails are impressive, with the process bringing the water up to US drinking water standards. An article on the BBC explains. That “All you need to do is tear out a paper, put it in a simple filter holder and pour water into it from rivers, streams, wells etc and out...
physicsfocus.org
Follow the leader? - physicsfocus.org
http://physicsfocus.org/philip-moriarty-leadership-in-academia
On March 17, 2015. I very much hope that a meeting I attended last week at the University of Cambridge will prove to be a key moment, and a major catalyst, in accelerating change in academia. Delivering Equality: Women and Success. Was billed as a summit of senior leaders progressing change in academia , and, as Athene Donald discusses over at her blog. Was timed to coincide with both the anniversary of the publication of The Meaning Of Success. And International Women’s Day. The ever-inspiring Mary Beard.
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Are universities ‘museums of knowledge’? | Testing hypotheses...
https://hypotheses.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/are-universities-museums-of-knowledge
Science, research policy and evidence-based policy making. Are universities ‘museums of knowledge’? February 29, 2012. If you are interested in the role and future of universities then I recommend that you read the recent essay. Trailing his new book. Collini makes some interesting and thought-provoking comments that are worth reading whether you agree or not. I believe that the idea of universities being primarily ‘museums of knowledge’ is both wrong and politically dangerous. Take Wikipedia for example...
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