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Enough of these mindless attacks on scientists integrity

Fri, 06/25/2010 - 15:40

We are all different, as scientists and as people, with individual aims, beliefs and motivations. Some do their best to communicate what they do and why they do it, and some people respond with curiosity and interest. Just see, for example, the excellent periodic table of videos and sixty symbols websites from my alma mater, The University of Nottingham.

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Oh My God, We're All Gonna Die

Fri, 04/16/2010 - 08:13
Terror isn't what happens to you, but the fear that something might happen to you.
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Susan Greenfield and Science Communication at the RI

Mon, 01/11/2010 - 20:27

That the Royal Institution is experiencing financial difficulties will come as a surprise to anyone who has made the mistake of offering to buy a round in their bar, but Susan Greenfield’s departure comes with the 211 year-old charity more than three million pounds in the red after an expensive renovation of its premises.

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Witch-Hunters and Flat-Earthers (Me @ Guardian)

Sat, 08/08/2009 - 01:26

On 29 July, Christian witch-hunters accused of torturing and killing local children attacked and beat campaigners for child protection at a public meeting in Calabar, Nigeria. The same week, hundreds of members of the Islamist group Boko Haram were killed in suicide attacks on police stations across the north of the country. It's easy to dismiss these distant events, but we hold some responsibility for them – and the consequences of this religious extremism spread far beyond West Africa.

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Michael Jackson and the Rise of the Celebrity Psychologist

Thu, 07/30/2009 - 15:30

In the nine years since Big Brother turned psychoanalysis into a spectator sport, the media have decided that no story about a major celebrity is complete without an assessment of their mental health. The death of Michael Jackson provided celebrity psychologists with perhaps their greatest subject yet.

But what are the ethical responsibilities of these media psychologists? Should professionals be commenting on the wellbeing of celebrities on the basis of articles in Heat magazine?

Continue reading my latest attempt at proper journalism over at Guardian Science.

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Our Guardian Piece: Science and the European Elections

Mon, 06/01/2009 - 14:13

Here's my first ever piece for The Guardian, co-authored with Frank Swain.

On Thursday, millions of us will go to the polls to decide how Britain is represented in the European Parliament, but few will have the faintest idea where the candidates stand on issues that affect the food we eat, the air we breathe, the energy in our homes and the chemicals in our environment.

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For all the party responses we received, see here.

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Survey: British MPs Adrift on Climate Change

Thu, 07/17/2008 - 01:04

Scientists may have long since reached a consensus on the subject, but British Members of Parliament still haven't entirely gotten to grips with climate change, with 1 in 5 of them admitting that they either disbelieve or don't have an opinion on the work of climate scientists. This is according to a survey reported in The Guardian on Wednesday.

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