The dates for the 2013 European Science TV and New Media Festival, which will take place at the Science Gallery in Dublin from 14 to 16 June. The Festival is organised jointly by EuroScience and EuroPAWS, and will lead into the Irish follow-up month reflecting the success of the ESOF2012 Science conference. Read more [...]
What mysterious forces bring Science and Poetry together? Why did William Hamilton, Tycho Brahe and Marie Curie all write verse? How is it that Omar Khayyam wrote a treatise on algebra and why was Percy Bysshe Shelley fascinated by chemistry? To the contrary, why did Mary Shelley dream up the tale of Frankenstein? Poets from all over Europe gather at each EuroScience Open Forum ESOF to consider the complex relationship between Science and Poetry Read more [...]
The EU and Singapore have a history of cooperation in research and innovation especially in the field of information and communication technologies. The European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn visited Singapore Read more [...]
In 2012, Dublin will host the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF 2012), Europe’s largest multi-disciplinary scientific conference, from 11-15 July 2012. The Careers Programme will be a major aspect of ESOF 2012 and will showcase the spectrum of career opportunities available for researchers at all stages of their career. Read more [...]
During the last IMPRS interdisciplinary symposium New Frontiers in Science the topic of “Science and Society” was clearly exemplified by two prominent researchers and science communicators. While Prof. Ernst-Peter Fischer from Germany talked about “The public misunderstanding of science”; the Mexican Prof. Ana Maria Cetto addressed “The scientists’ misunderstanding of the public”. But who are these scientists and who are the public? Read more [...]
“I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures”. ~Earl Warren Read more [...]
Just a couple of weeks ago Marc Hauser was in the news, again. He is known as one of the world's leading evolutionary biologists and teaches at the Psychology Department at Harvard University. His work focused on primate behaviour and animal cognition. Hauser has been awarded science medals from the US and France and he has published about 200 articles in research journals. However, the latest news coverage is based on accusations against Hauser as the Harvard faculty suspend him while investigations are carried out for "scientific misdemeanour". Read more [...]
The EuroScience Open Forum will be held in Dublin in 2012. Martin McKenna gives us a science themed tour of Dublin to start exciting us about ESOF 2012. Read more [...]
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