A version of this post initially appeared on the Times’ Eureka blog The ballad of Simon Singh and his altercation with the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) has been told many times before (for example). What I want to focus on here is the way the case inspired scientists, skeptics and bloggers to become involved in … Continue reading »
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Science blogs (Eureka)
Hidden behind the fuss over the Science 100 in last week’s Times Eureka magazine, I picked six science blogs for them. I thought it was worth re-posting it here, with a couple of added notes. Mind Hacks. Thoughtful critique of neuroscience issues, plus various brain-themed cultural detritus Vaughan’s found down the back of the internet. … Continue reading »
Scientific “importance”
The Times’ have just published a list of the “100 most important people in British science”. I was one of the judges. It’s online behind the Times paywall, or you can buy a paper copy (added 11:35am: or read it on the UCL STS blog). I hope people disagree with it. I disagree with most … Continue reading »
A tale of two science ministers
This year’s Reith Lecturer is the current President of the Royal Society, Professor Martin Rees, who was chosen as part of the BBC’s year of science and the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary. The lectures are being recorded across the country this month, ready for broadcast in the first week of June. I’ve been to both … Continue reading »
The Royal Institution, the Bodmer report, and the future of science communication
My guest post over on the Times Science blog, pasted below: Professor Colin Blakemore has seen the future of UK science communication: it the Bodmer report. That’s Sir Walter Bodmer’s report on the Public Understanding of Science, of 1985. It’s rather esoteric, and Blakemore’s reference to it in The Times on Wednesday took me by … Continue reading »
