Monthly Archives: April 2007

Science – a victim of framing?

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Chris Rowan

I can’t help thinking that there’s a certain irony that Chris Mooney and Matt Nisbet, who are talking about how to effectively advocate your point of view through framing, have managed to raise so many scientific hackles in the last … Continue reading →

Categories: public science

Stardust or probe dust?

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Chris Rowan

Why should we care if there are high-temperature minerals in a comet or not?
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Categories: planets

Indonesian volcanoes excited by earthquake

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Chris Rowan

Satellites back up Darwin.
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, volcanoes

Media sexes up seismic severity shocker

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Chris Rowan

How much do eyewitness accounts exaggerate earthquake damage?
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, paper reviews

The perils of an empty frame

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Chris Rowan

An attempt to put my finger on precisely why the concept of framing vaguely troubles me.
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Categories: public science