By Alex Jackson on 09 Feb 2015
Irreproducibility issues affecting basic research in biology can be traced to a variety of common causes. One of them is the misguided use of statistics. Read more
Posted in Featured, Science communication and outreach, Science education | Tagged biology, Communities Happenings, nature, nature methods
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 02 Oct 2014
The annual conference, SpotOn London, will be taking place at the Wellcome Trust on Friday, 14 November and Saturday, 15 November 2014. The two day event, which marks its sixth year, will be hosted by Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, Digital Science and the Wellcome Trust. We’re also delighted to have Martin Fenner of PLOS joining us as a co-organiser again this year. SpotOn London is a dynamic, lively melting pot of scientists, science communicators, technologists, and those interested in science policy. This year’s theme will be on the challenges of balancing the public and the private in the digital age. Friday will see panels, workshops and keynotes on topics including: sharing sensitive data, measuring social impact, open peer review and the right to be forgotten. Read more
Posted in Events, Featured, nature.com blogs info, Science communication and outreach, Science education, Science festivals, Science policy, SpotOn London (SoLo), Uncategorized | Tagged Communities Happenings, digital science, science, science communication, science policy, spot_on
By Alex Jackson on 22 Aug 2014
Gareth Sturdy has been a teacher since graduating from the University of Liverpool in 1993, and currently splits his time between teaching physics at the East London Science School, coordinating the Physics Factory and worrying about the fortunes of Arsenal FC. Read more
Posted in Events, Featured, Science communication and outreach, Science education | Tagged Communities Happenings, east london science school, education, physics, physics factory
By Alex Jackson on 12 Aug 2014
Kenneth Shinozuka was six years old when he first found out his grandfather had Alzheimer’s disease. It was a bracing August morning and the police turned up at the door with his grandfather, dressed in nothing but his pyjamas. They found him two miles away, walking along the freeway. He had been walking through the night. That moment, back in 2005, would change his family forever. Read more
Posted in Events, Featured, Science communication and outreach, Science education, Scientific American | Tagged Communities Happenings, google science fair, science in action, scientific american
By nature.com Communities Team on 09 Feb 2012
Science Online NYC (SoNYC) is a monthly discussion series held in New York City where invited panellists talk about a particular topic related to how science is carried out and communicated online. For this month’s SoNYC we’ve teamed up with the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) for a special event for Social Media Week. We’re looking at how social media can be used to communicate science, with the intention of concentrating on how the experiences can have educational value. More details of this month’s SoNYC can be found here. Read more
Posted in Science education, SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, education, Google +, science communication, social media |
By nature.com Communities Team on 08 Feb 2012
February’s Science Online NYC (SoNYC) co-organised by nature.com, is a super social media week special event at the American Museum of Natural History! You can join us on Thursday February 16th in person, or online via the social media week livestream to discuss Beyond a Trend: Enhancing Science Communication with Social Media: … Read more
Posted in Science education, SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #IamScience, #SoNYC, science communication, social media
By nature.com Communities Team on 05 May 2011
We all know how important science education is and this has been the chief focus of our latest mini-series. We have been considering how science is taught at all levels, have gathered some top tips from PhD students and have compiled a Storify summary of the recent Science Question time event in London. Read more
Posted in Science education |
By Laura Wheeler on 12 Apr 2011
The second post in our mini-series on Science Education … Read more
Posted in Science education |
