By nature.com Communities Team on 03 Jun 2011
Brain A warm welcome to Tej Nishtala whose new blog, Forscher’s perspective, began on Nature Network this week. Tej is currently pursuing his PhD at the University of Greifswald, Germany and his scientific pursuits include proteomics, cardiovascular research and, though not at a professional level, he has an interest in brain research. His first post, Who are You? looks at the unusual Capgras syndrome where the sufferer loses the ability to recognise people such as parents, spouse or friends: The patient refuses to believe its his father or mother. As Dr Ramachandran explains in the book, this happens due to … Read more
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By nature.com Communities Team on 03 Jun 2011
Yesterday, a gathering of journalists, writers, scientists and others interested in the fine art of telling a science story, met at the Paley Media Center in New York, to hear from successful authors about their skills and experiences with science storytelling. Read more
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By Laura Wheeler on 03 Jun 2011
Our latest mini-series has been focusing on science festivals. We have already looked at the brief history of a science festival, how they are organised and have spoken with Tracy Day, one of the co-founder’s of this week’s World Science Festival in NYC. In our latest installment we report back from the opening night of The World Science Festival. Read more
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