Science Communication

I’d been in Cambridge for less than a year when I was in a doctor’s office filling out a depression questionnaire. I didn’t score enough points to be officially declared …

I’ve been to Science Online North Carolina twice – in 2007 and 2009 – and I keep meaning to go again, but I never manage to plan it properly. My …

Here’s the full video of the “Stories behind the research” session I led at SpotOn last week. Below that (under the fold) is the Storify summary, with all the highlights. …

Following the SpotOn London conference, I have been thinking about a few things that came up at the meeting. 1. A thought about stories told by scientists I had this …

Look at this alternative careers ad I spotted in Nature, in the jobs section, nestled between ads for PhD positions. Here’s what I don’t like about this ad: 1. It …

I wrote a guest post on Occam’s Typewriter’s Irregulars blog, about crowdfunding research. Here’s a tiny fragment. Research can’t guarantee any outcomes. You can’t promise funders that you’re going to …