Category Archives: public science

The elephants in the room at ScienceOnline 2011

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Chris Rowan

The undercurrents and unresolved issues at ScienceOnline 2011, that I feel are going to be an important component of online conversations in the next 12 months. Continue reading →

Categories: antiscience, bloggery, conferences, public science, science education

An avalanche at the museum

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Chris Rowan

At the Chicago Museum of Science & Technology, make your own debris flows with the hypnotic Avalanche Disk. Continue reading →

Categories: geohazards, geology, geophysics, public science, science education

After the (blog)storm: following up on the big geological stories of 2010

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Chris Rowan

In the past year, there have been several occasions where we’ve discussed events that were, at the time of posting, capturing a lot of media attention. But, as we all know, the attention span of the rolling news cycle is … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, public science

Geobloggers – why do you blog?

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

For geology bloggers, one of the most interesting, and encouraging, things about 2010 was that two big geological organisations – the Geological Society of America and the American Geophysical Union – have started to grasp, and exploit, the potential of … Continue reading →

Categories: bloggery, public science, science education