By Rachel Scheer on 31 Oct 2014
Michael’s Musings- Serving the Reich: The Struggle for the Soul of Physics under Hitler … Read more
Posted in Science communication and outreach | Tagged book reviews, Communities Happenings
By Alex Jackson on 27 Oct 2014
To accompany this year’s SpotOn London conference, at the Wellcome Trust on Friday, 14 November and Saturday, 15 November, we have a number of exciting fringe events taking place around London. Read more
Posted in Digital Science, Events, Featured, Science communication and outreach, Science education, Science policy, SpotOn London (SoLo), Uncategorized | Tagged Communities Happenings, digital science, science, science communications, science policy, spot_on
By Alex Jackson on 27 Oct 2014
I feel I must start with a confession. I love science. It’s dominated my working life and I get to enjoy finding out about new research every day at Nature. But when I’m at home, well, I often reach for a great novel over non-fiction. So I was amazed to find myself eschewing the joys of the latest from the New York Times bestseller list in favour of Gulp and racing through the chapters with the greatest of relish. Read more
Posted in Featured, Science communication and outreach, Uncategorized | Tagged books, Communities Happenings, royal society, science communication
By Alex Jackson on 17 Oct 2014
There is a lot of stuff in Mark Miodownik’s fascinating book Stuff Matters, an account of the materials science underlying everyday objects, and little room for nonsense. Miodownik illustrates his efforts with the aid of a photograph of himself on the roof of his London home. Each chapter delves into the surprising properties of one of the ten materials featured in the photograph, from a steel table to a porcelain tea cup. Read more
Posted in Featured, Science communication and outreach, Uncategorized | Tagged books, Communities Happenings, royal society, science communication
By Alex Jackson on 17 Oct 2014
Guest Post by Martin Fenner. Martin Fenner is the technical lead for the PLOS Article-Level Metrics project. Before taking this position in 2012 he worked as a medical oncologist at the Hannover Medical School Cancer Center in Germany. He has served on the ORCID Board from 2010 to 2012 and is a member of the ORCID Outreach Steering Group. Read more
Posted in Events, Featured, Science festivals, SpotOn London (SoLo) | Tagged London, policy, science, science communication, spot_on, technology, tools
By Alex Jackson on 14 Oct 2014
As part of Ada Lovelace Day, an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths, Digital Science, has organised an exciting online panel discussion on gender issues in STEM. Read more
Posted in Digital Science, Events, Featured, Science communication and outreach, Uncategorized | Tagged #Womeninscience, digital science, nature, publishing, science communication
By Alex Jackson on 13 Oct 2014
Over the coming month, the Nature Press Office will be reading and reviewing the books shortlisted for the 2014 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, cramming in a book or two a week until the winner is announced on the 10th November 2014. Read more
Posted in Events, Featured, Science communication and outreach, Uncategorized | Tagged alice henchley, books, Communities Happenings, royal society, science communications
By Alex Jackson on 13 Oct 2014
We’re pleased to announce that the SpotOn London conference will take place at the Wellcome Trust on Friday, 14 November and Saturday, 15 November 2014. Read more
Posted in Digital Science, Events, Featured, Science communication and outreach, Science festivals, Science policy, SpotOn London (SoLo), Uncategorized | Tagged Communities Happenings, digital science, science, science communications, science policy, spot_on
By Alex Jackson on 09 Oct 2014
With a month to go, we’ve been busy behind the scenes planning for this year’s SpotOn London conference on 14th and 15th November. We are pleased to announce that we can now share some more details about how you can attend the event. Read more
Posted in Digital Science, Events, Featured, Science communication and outreach, Science festivals, Science policy, SpotOn London (SoLo), Uncategorized | Tagged Communities Happenings, digital science, science, science communications, science policy, spot_on
By Laura Wheeler on 07 Oct 2014
Nature Publishing Group’s sister company Digital Science, alongside Ogunte CIC, the organisation for Women Social Entrepreneurs, are hosting a new Impact Women event, to be held in London on October 13th. Read more
Posted in Digital Science, Events, Featured, Science communication and outreach, Uncategorized | Tagged #Womeninscience, Communities Happenings, digital science, events, science communication, technology