A far more digestible insight into Latour's current thinking than his excellent Gifford lectures. Outlines his view of how science and politics may need to merge in view of the threat posed by climate change denial, how he relates to Peter Sloterdijk's thoughts on envelopes etc and how these may relate to 21st century art in … Continue reading Reenacting Science: Bruno Latour at SCIENCE GALLERY
Category: Popular science
Mycogeddon
Paul Stamets' patent could destroy Monsanto's grip on the pesticide industry using mushrooms https://www.minds.com/blog/view/422130907919421440/paul-stamets039-patent-could-destroy-monsanto039s-grip-on-the-pesticide-industry-using-mushrooms Why poison your food if you don't have to? In this post-industrial culture of getting as much as you can out of as little space as possible, increasing profit, regardless of ecological impact; we have birthed a slew of new ideas … Continue reading Mycogeddon
Neurologica blog
"Your daily dose of neuroscience, skepticism and critical thinking" http://theness.com/neurologicablog/ by Steven Novella "Dr. Novella is an academic clinical neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine. He is the president and co-founder of the New England Skeptical Society. He is the host and producer of the popular weekly science podcast, The Skeptics’ Guide to the … Continue reading Neurologica blog
046 – Inbetweenisode 11 – Steven Novella
https://soundcloud.com/youarenotsosmart/046-inbetweenisode-11-steven-novella In this inbetweenisode you will hear an excerpt from a lecture I gave at DragonCon2014 and an interview with neurologist and host of The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe Steven Novella who discusses the psychology and neuroscience behind conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists.
TEDxWarwick – Sir Roger Penrose – Space-Time Geometry and a New Cosmology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBkOYQ02chs Sir Roger Penrose is one of the world's leading mathematical physicists. He is also joint winner of the Wolf prize with Stephen Hawking for their contribution to our understanding of the universe. Some of his discoveries include Penrose Tiling, Twistor theory and works about the geometry of spacetime. He is also a recreational mathematician … Continue reading TEDxWarwick – Sir Roger Penrose – Space-Time Geometry and a New Cosmology
Chiara Ambrosio
at Bright Club - a light hearted skit on Picasso and the 4th dimension from UCL's public engagement maestra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kapTjdM17kI See this link for the research - "Iconicity as Homomorphism: The Case of Picasso’s Guernica” http://www.nordprag.org/nsp/1/Ambrosio.pdf
Adam Savage’s SXSW 2014 Keynote: Art and Science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjOwusjrpmg The narrative arc in experimentation isn't just useful for science communication, its central to research, from convincing your field that your take is best, getting funding, publishing and populating your lab with postgraduate cannon fodder.
Oxford SciBar
http://www.oxfordscibar.com/podcast.html The Oxfordshire Branch of the British Science Association runs SciBar events on the 3rd Thursday of the month at the Port Mahon Pub in St Clements. SciBar is literally science in a bar and is a free and relaxed event.
Ecosystem Ecology Crash Course
Ecosystem Ecology Crash Course Hank brings us to the next level of ecological study with ecosystem ecology, which looks at how energy, nutrients, and materials are getting shuffled around within an ecosystem (a collection of living and nonliving things interacting in a specific place), and which basically comes down to who is eating who. More … Continue reading Ecosystem Ecology Crash Course
Joey O'Gorman 