A table at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre coffee shop. No, I don’t know what it means either. The latest episode of Brain Train is up – the podcast I work on where we get academics to quiz other academics – this time with autism researcher Johanna Finneman interviewing philosopher Nina Power. I think my favourite bit is where … Continue reading »
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Brain Train Podcast
Largely gratuitous picture of a steamtrain. Martin Austwick (physicist, podcaster, musician) and I have just launched a podcast called Brain Train. Each episode an academic interviews another about their work, then in the next episode the interviewee becomes the interviewer (and the expert becomes the novice) and so on. It’s a bit like Chain Reaction on Radio 4, … Continue reading »
Science and growth
Last week I co-organised a debate on science and growth, one of a regular* “Science Question Time” seminars. The idea that science might equal growth is something which has dominated UK science policy discourse for several years (e.g. David Willetts’ first speech as Science Minister). But can the government pick winners, and how can we ensure public coffers … Continue reading »
Science communication and political divides
Last month, I chaired an event on science communication and political divides at the Biochemical Society. As taster, here’s a bit from about half way though, from panelist Steve Cross: Within all kinds of science communication, not just the stuff you think is controversial [e.g. climate change, GMOs] there is a big political divide and … Continue reading »
Being noisy about science
Here’s the podcast for an event on the sounds of science I chaired at Charles Darwin House last week. The inspiration for the event was mainly just that I like making a noise. I also like listening to podcasts and I quite like science too. Moreover, I think that the noises made by and about … Continue reading »
