Our Energy Future
I came across this great website today. It claims to use independent data (despite being associated with an oil company), and has lovely graphics from National Geographic and New Scientist. … Continue reading
Is TV really going to shorten our lives? Really?
Unless you’ve been buried in the sand up to your ear lobes at the beach, and there were no sky-writers overhead, you can’t have missed the recent headlines concerning TV … Continue reading
Numbers that are happy and numbers that are melancoil
Check out this nice video of Matt Parker (@standupmaths) demonstrating how some numbers are happy numbers (adding their squares sequentially will always lead to 1), or melancoil numbers (adding their … Continue reading
The Voice of Kenneth Hickman
Reblogged from Solarsaddle's Blog: One has to marvel at the wonder of the internet. A mere 24 hours after my post about Kenneth Hickman, Andrew Davidhazy, who worked with Hickman … Continue reading
Science Communication
Check out this great video put together by Morag Hickman and a team of Imperial students and technicians. What is Science Communication? from Morag Hickman on Vimeo.
Ghostbusters
Reblogged from Refractive Index: Ghostwriter A recent essay in PLoS Medicine has highlighted the consistent failure of medical journals to control the practice of ghostwriting. In an attempt to stamp … Continue reading
Audio piece: Winter's Rest
Reblogged from On the Nature of Things: This is a short audio piece which was originally created for the In The Dark Christmas party – however it didn’t quite fit the bill … Continue reading
The Pentatonic Scale and Neuroscience
Check out this great video of Bobby McFerrin bodily conducting his audience using the pentatonic scale at the World Science Festival in January 2011.
Fun Science with Charlie
I have just been introduced to the wonder that is Charlie of YouTube fame (thanks to David Robertson). He is a most excellent science fan, and witty and enthusiastic communicator. … Continue reading
Thought Experiments 5/6
Reblogged from Inspirational Geek: And so another week has come to an end, and with it the penultimate installment of the Open University’s Thought Experiments. Week 5: The Twin Paradox … Continue reading
The BBC Trust Report on Science (via through the looking glass)
Check out Alice’s post about the BBC science coverage review carried out by researchers at Imperial College. She gives a nice summary of the main issues highlighted by the ‘content … Continue reading
