Monthly Archives: January 2013

The Up-Goer Five Challenge: now at Scientific American

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Chris Rowan

Anne and I have continued to be blown away by the magnitude of the response to Anne’s original challenge to explain your scientific research using only a list of the thousand most commonly used English words. Ten Hundred Words of … Continue reading →

Categories: public science, science education

Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Chris Rowan

Since it seems much of the northern hemisphere is cold and snowy at the moment, here’s some good reading to curl up with a hot drink over. For those in the southern hemisphere: here’s some good brain food to distract … Continue reading →

Categories: links

Scenic Saturday: A Special Place and Time

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Anne Jefferson

A few weeks ago, on an afternoon in London, I took in the Thames and then headed a few miles down river to Greenwich and the Royal Observatory, a prime attraction for map nerds around the world. Unfortunately, my visit … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, general science, photos

Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Chris Rowan

Up-Goer 5 We found ourselves right at the centre of this week’s dominant Twitter meme, as Anne’s post on using the Up-Goer 5 text editor to break down complex scientific concepts into simple words triggered a wealth of wonderful responses … Continue reading →

Categories: links

Ten hundred words of science spreads like wildfire…and gets a Tumblr!

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Anne Jefferson

Wow. Wow. Wow. When I challenged you yesterday to explain geoscience (or any science) research using only the 1000 most common English words, I had no idea how many amazing responses I was going to get to read. It is … Continue reading →

Categories: public science