Claire McNulty, British Council
Aarathi Prasad, freelance science journalist, interviews Claire McNulty, Life Sciences Adviser at the British Council, at the Vitae Conference 2010. Read more [...]
Tag Archives: Public Engagement
Citizen scientists wanted
Over the last few years a new trend in scientific research is emerging - an increasing number and range of science projects are relying on the contribution of volunteers or as they are now called, citizen scientists. Citizen science is not new. For Read more [...]
How to pay CERN’s bills?
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), with its multitude of accelerators, has opened up the possibility for scientists to answer some huge questions. I imagine CERN’s To Do list to read something like “1 - understand the intricacies of the Big Bang, 2 - find the Higgs boson, 3 - figure out dark matter, 4 - unify fundamental forces.” However, there is one underlying question that is arguably even more challenging - “How are we going to pay for all this?” Read more [...]
Dear ESOF
At ESOF 2010, everything was well organised and planned, the speakers were impeccable, and the sessions were varied, and multidisciplinary. Read more [...]
EuroScientist journal 