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27 Feb 2015 | 14:21 GMT

From despair to repair: Empowering communities to restore their oceans

Posted by Alex Jackson | Categories: Expeditions, Featured, Policy, Science around the world, Science communication and outreach, Science organisations, Soapbox Science Info, Tools and techniques, Uncategorized

Dr Ayana Elizabeth Johnson with Barbuda Prime Minister, Baldwin Spencer.

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist and Executive Director of the Waitt Institute. Johnson’s mission is to collect, create, actualize and amplify the best ideas in ocean conservation. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, on her blog for National Geographic, in The Atlantic, and elsewhere. She holds a Ph.D. from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a BA from Harvard University in Environmental Science and Public Policy, and has worked on ocean policy at both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  Read more

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  • caribbean
  • citizen science
  • climate change
  • conservation
  • coral reefs
  • ocean
  • Science Communication

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16 Oct 2014 | 16:12 GMT

UNESCO Regional Chair on Women, Science & Technology, Dr Gloria Bonder, talks women in science and gender equality

Posted by Alex Jackson | Categories: Featured, History of science, Policy, Science around the world, Science communication and outreach, Soapbox Science Info, STEM, Technology, Tools and techniques, Uncategorized

UNESCO Regional Chair on Women, Science & Technology, Dr Gloria Bonder, talks women in science and gender equality

In part four of our five features this week celebrating prominent women in science and technology across the world, we speak to Dr Gloria Bonder, the coordinator of the Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Gender and the UNESCO Regional Chair on Women, Science and Technology in Latin America. She talks about UNESCO’s latest global figures on women in science, changes that need to be made in both policy and education, and the necessity for more qualitative research on the women who are successfully developing careers in engineering, technology and science.  Read more

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  • argentina
  • gender
  • latin america
  • policy
  • Science Communication
  • science policy
  • STEM
  • unesco
  • women in science

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15 Oct 2014 | 14:46 GMT

Oreoluwa Somolu: The Nigerian woman empowering young women in Africa to engage with technology

Posted by Alex Jackson | Categories: Featured, Policy, Science around the world, Science communication and outreach, Science organisations, STEM, Technology, Tools and techniques, Uncategorized

"Lots of the girls who attend the centre have never seen or met a woman who is a computer scientist or engineer, so the prospect of becoming one, is not within the realms of possibility."

In the third of our five features celebrating Ada Lovelace Day and prominent women in science and technology across the world, we speak to Oreoluwa Somolu about empowering young women in Africa to engage with technology and pursue careers in science and technology.  Read more

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  • africa
  • computer_science
  • policy
  • Science Communication
  • STEM
  • technology
  • women in science

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13 Oct 2014 | 15:44 GMT

Distinguished South African Professor Tebello Nyokong on science, education and innovation

Posted by Alex Jackson | Categories: Featured, Policy, Science around the world, Science communication and outreach, Soapbox Science Info, STEM, Technology, Tools and techniques, Uncategorized

“Science is not just part of our culture, it is part of our everyday life, and role models are crucial in promoting this." Image courtesy of Sophie Smith.

In the first of our five features celebrating Ada Lovelace Day and prominent women in science and technology across the world, we speak to Professor Tebello Nyokong, an internationally renowned Chemist, on African science, education and innovation.  Read more

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  • science policy
  • south africa
  • STEM
  • technology

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07 May 2014 | 12:39 GMT

Bill Bryson: A champion of science and science communication

Posted by Alex Jackson | Categories: Books, Events, Featured, History of science, Science communication and outreach, Science organisations, STEM, Tools and techniques, Uncategorized

A passionate science advocate: best-selling US author Bill Bryson. Image courtesy of the Royal Society

Bill Bryson’s bestselling travel books include The Lost Continent, A Walk in the Woods and Notes from a Small Island, which in a national poll was voted the book that best represents Britain.  Read more

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  • Science Communication
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08 Apr 2014 | 12:21 GMT

Emily Anthes discusses how biotechnology is shaping the future of our furry and feathered friends

Posted by Alex Jackson | Categories: Books, Featured, Science around the world, Science communication and outreach, Technology, Tools and techniques, Uncategorized

American science journalist and author Emily Anthes with her dog, Milo.
Image Courtesy of Nina Subin.

Emily Anthes is a science journalist and author. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Wired, Scientific American, Psychology Today, BBC Future, SEED, Discover, Popular Science, Slate, The Boston Globe, and elsewhere.  Read more

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04 Apr 2014 | 14:59 GMT

Chief Scientific Adviser to the European Commission discusses evidence-based policy and nurturing and supporting a European scientific culture

Posted by Alex Jackson | Categories: Featured, Policy, Science around the world, Science communication and outreach, STEM, Technology, Tools and techniques, Uncategorized

"The policy world very much mirrors what we do in science today."  Image: (c) European Union

Professor Anne Glover joined the European Commission as Chief Scientific Adviser to the President in January 2012, and is the first person to hold this position.  Read more

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  • citizen science
  • european commission
  • politics
  • Science Communication
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07 Mar 2014 | 10:05 GMT

Neil deGrasse Tyson on Cosmos and integrating science in popular culture

Posted by Alex Jackson | Categories: Featured, Film, History of science, Science around the world, Science communication and outreach, Space, Tools and techniques, Uncategorized

"science matters in our lives for us to be better shepherds of not only our civilization, but the world."
Image courtesy of Patrick Eccelsine/FOX.

Neil deGrasse Tyson is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History.  Read more

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  • cosmos
  • Science Communication
  • science writing
  • space
  • television

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11 Feb 2014 | 10:36 GMT

Buzz Aldrin: Space policy, cooperative efforts to Mars and the need to inspire future generations

Posted by Alex Jackson | Categories: Books, Expeditions, Featured, Science around the world, Science communication and outreach, Space, STEM, Uncategorized

A global space ambassador.
Courtesy of the Buzz Aldrin Archive

Buzz Aldrin is a retired US Air Force pilot, a former American astronaut and the second person to walk on the Moon, on July 21, 1969. He was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history.  Read more

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  • Science Communication
  • science policy
  • space
  • STEM

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03 Feb 2014 | 11:35 GMT

Marcus du Sautoy: Communicating Science within the Sciences and to the Public

Posted by Alex Jackson | Categories: Events, Featured, Science around the world, Science communication and outreach, Soapbox Science Info, Uncategorized

Marcus du Sautoy. A passionate advocate for the "wonders of science".

Marcus du Sautoy, OBE, is the Simonyi Professor for Public Understanding of Science and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is known for his efforts in popularizing mathematics and has been named by The Independent on Sunday as one of the UK’s leading scientists. He was a recipient of the London Mathematical Society’s prestigious Berwick Prize in 2001, which is awarded every two years to reward the best mathematical research by a mathematician under forty.  Read more

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  • Science Communication
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