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New food crisis website

Dear colleagues - I am please to announce that ScienceAlert has just launched a special website dealing with the global food crisis. Our aim is to foster a worldwide discourse on what humanity should do about the food situation, now and in the decades ahead, and about the science and technology needed to address it. You can find it at: http://www.sciencealert.com.au/global-food-crisis This site is brand new, and we have just started our search for suitable material. With that in mind, I wis… Continue

Added by Julian Cribb on June 25, 2009 at 5:43am — No Comments

Bangladesh on the way to N-power plant

Bangladesh and Russia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Wednesday to install a nuclear power plant. Government has termed it as a significant progress to resolve power crisis. MOU was signed in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, by the chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and deputy director general, Russian State Atomic Energy Commission. It’s aim is peaceful utilisation of nuclear energy and this is the first step towards the installation. Visiting Russian exper… Continue

Added by Abu Rushd Md. Ruhul Amin on May 13, 2009 at 2:54pm — 2 Comments

Hundreds of journalists gathering in London to learn about climate change and other pressing issues

Come and join hundreds of journalists, scientists and many others at the World Conference of Science Journalists (London - 29 June to 2 July) to hear the latest on the role of the media in communicating issues such as climate change to the masses. A list of climate-change topics and speakers follows… Details of the conference and other sessions are here - http://www.wcsj2009.org/ 1. CLIMATE CHANGE: GEARING UP FOR COPENHAGEN (1 JULY) Producer… Continue

Added by MikeShanahan on May 8, 2009 at 10:02am — No Comments

Science Communication Conference - bursaries

FREE places at the Science Communication Conference 22 & 23 June 2009 – Kings Place, London Rub shoulders with key individuals in the science communication field. Share your experiences and learn from others. Debate the topical issues. The focus of this year’s conference is ‘Behaviour and Choice’. Should science communicators be influencers of behavioural change? Apply online for a bursary – conference fees, optional attendance at the conference dinner and up to £250 for accommo… Continue

Added by Nigel Eady on April 16, 2009 at 3:16pm — No Comments

perspectives - how does society impact research and vice versa?

perspectives is a great way to reflect on the wider implications of research and attend the British Science Festival for free! Do pass on the info below to anyone you think might be interested - friends, family, work colleagues, those you supervise... Many thanks, Nigel -------------------------------- Do you discuss your science with confidence? Or is its social impact just a brief sentence at the start of a p… Continue

Added by Nigel Eady on April 16, 2009 at 3:13pm — No Comments

www.SEJ.org as a Resource

Greetings to all. I'm the web content manager for the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ), an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit educational organization in the United States. SEJ’s mission is to increase public understanding of environmental issues by improving the quality, accuracy and visibility of environmental news reporting. Our membership includes more than 1,500 highly qualified journalists, editors, educators and students working in print, broadcast and online news media through… Continue

Added by Cindy MacDonald on March 2, 2009 at 11:15pm — 2 Comments

Media Fellowships

The following scheme may be of interest. Suggestions of other places to post this information much appreciated. If you could distribute some hard copy flyers in a university department or company, please let me know. ----------------------------------------- Can you write about science accurately, clearly and engagingly? Communicating the latest research developments to a broad audience is a special skill. Journalists sift through an avalanche of information, distilling out what’s news… Continue

Added by Nigel Eady on February 18, 2009 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

The Art and Science of Science Communication ! Some Queries !!

The new genre of science communication is flourishing now a days world over but the question which often haunts my mind is whether this new branch of knowledge is a part of science or falls within the gambit of art faculty ? Many argue that this should understandably be the part of a science curriculam ! But others aptly state that science is the only content here and the way it should be presented/mnifested needs artistic calibre only and call for the age old as well as ingenious methods /skill… Continue

Added by Dr.Arvind Mishra on January 4, 2009 at 4:30pm — 4 Comments

First Ever National Discussion on Science Fiction in India-A Report !

Can you imagine having an ethnic barbecue dinner on the holy bank of the Ganges after having a full view of the light of earthen lamps on the Ghats of the Ganges? Can you imagine a puppet show at the beginning of a conference and Shehnai Vaadan by the nephew of Shehnai maestro Late Bharat Ratn Ustad Bismillah Khan the next evening? Add to that a magic show and other recreational activities like fun fishing and “primordial” soup making contest to commemorate the concept of origin and evolution… Continue

Added by Dr.Arvind Mishra on November 20, 2008 at 2:30am — 3 Comments

Call for Papers on The Fifth National Conference on Science and Technology- Deadline Extended (September 28, 2008)

Introduction Nepal Academy of Science and Technology is an autonomous statutory body established with a mandate to work for the promotion and development of science and technology in the country. As an apex body of its kind for Science and technology, it has the statutory obligation in providing a forum for all scientists and technologists working in different intuitions of the country. One of such fora has been the congress of all scientists held usually in the interval of about four ye… Continue

Added by Dambaru Ballab Kattel on September 16, 2008 at 7:34am — No Comments

First Ever National Discussion on Science Fiction in India

National Council of Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC), New Delhi Indian Science Fiction Writers’ Association (ISFWA), Faizabad Indian Association of Science Fiction Studies (IASFS), Vallore Announce The First Ever National Discussion Science Fiction : Past, Present, Future November10-14, 2008; Varanasi, India A sheer balance between fact and fiction on the grounds of science and technology paves the way towards imaginative faculties of human mind which we often refer to as cre… Continue

Added by Dr.Arvind Mishra on September 11, 2008 at 2:30am — 3 Comments

Moving towards Mainstream Science Journalism :Some Experiences from India !

Science journalism is lately gaining popularity in India.At least it is in news these days .There are two premier organizations of Government of India [GOI] ,National council of science and technology communication [NCSTC] and Vigyan Prasar mainly engaged in popularizing science among Indian masses .NCSTC is working as a major funding agency for various projects with the mandate to communicate science among the lay people . But science journalism has not yet come out from the shackles of jaw twi… Continue

Added by Dr.Arvind Mishra on July 20, 2008 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

Science Communication Through Cultural Events !

The biggest challenge in public understanding of science programmes in India is how to inculcate interest in science amongst Indian common masses who are mostly villagers.Still not very familiar with modern means of communication they are not able to grasp often the higher modes of science communication.A breakthrough in this regard is achieved with the efforts of National Council of Science and Technology Communication[NCSTC] ,Department of Science and Technology [DST] ,Government of India[GIO]… Continue

Added by Dr.Arvind Mishra on June 12, 2008 at 7:01pm — 3 Comments