Author Archives: Chris Rowan

Advice and Advocacy

UK government sacks a scientific advisor for saying that ‘evidence-based’ drugs classification not supported by evidence.
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Categories: public science

ScienceOnline 2010: geobloggers required

Registration is now open for ScienceOnline2010, the fourth annual science communicators conference, being held January 14-17 next year in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina. Please join us for this free (but donations are accepted) three-day event to … Continue reading

Categories: bloggery, public science

Stuff I linked to on Twitter last week

More interesting links that I’ve shared via Twitter over the past seven days. Volcanic cone-ilicious! : Marion Island, South Africa. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=40806 (via @EarthObser) Break out the stickyback plastic! : Build a high resolution spectrograph in 15 minutes. http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/light/spectrograph/spectrograph.html (via @BoraZ, … Continue reading

Categories: links

Blogging, tweeting and conferences

Does it work? Can it work?
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Categories: academic life, conferences, public science

Stuff I linked to on Twitter last week

More interesting links that I’ve shared via Twitter over the past seven days. This is why no-one with an ounce of sense trusts the Express on science. http://www.badscience.net/2009/10/jabs-as-bad-as-the-cancer/ (via @SciencePunk, @jackofkent, @bengoldacre) FBI releases American Samoa tsunami footage (wave arrives … Continue reading

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