Category Archives: public science

Note to media: “speculation” is not a synonym for “discovery”

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Chris Rowan

breathless reporting from the AAAS conference is starting to annoy me.
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Categories: general science, planets, public science, ranting

Learn about our planet – it’s the only one we’ve got

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Chris Rowan

Whilst we’re on the subject of listening to what geology can teach us, Grrlscientist has uncovered a pretty cool video, entitled ‘Why Geology?’, from the American Geological Institute. There’s something that might be a magnetometer hidden in there somewhere – … Continue reading →

Categories: bloggery, geology, links, public science

The rightful place of science: putting us in ours

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Chris Rowan

Science doesn’t need to be placed anywhere, it just needs us to listen to what it tells us.
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Categories: deep time, environment, public science, ranting

ScienceOnline Day 1: generalised ramblings

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Chris Rowan

Since I’ve yet to develop the sort of mind that can blog the last sentence whilst listening to the next one, I’ve mainly kept the laptop closed and just listened and/or pontificated in most of today’s sessions. But I thought … Continue reading →

Categories: bloggery, conferences, general science, public science