SoT Special: 2012 Bloopers and Outtakes

January 5, 2013 By 4 Comments
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The funny, interesting or just weird bits from 2012 that didn’t make the final show!

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SoT Special – Curiosity Landing

August 12, 2012 By 2 Comments
This artist's concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars' past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The Mars Space Laboratory – Curiosity. A triumph for science, NASA and innovation.

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SoT Special – Friends of Science in Medicine

April 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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An interview with Dr. Rob Morrison, co-founder of Friends of Science in Medicine.

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SoT Special – ASC2012

March 7, 2012 By 1 Comment
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The Australian Science Communicators National Conference was held at the Sydney Masonic Centre from 27 to 29 February. Opened with an address from Australia’s Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb, the conference was three days filled with inspiring stories, intriguing ideas and vigorous discussion. After the conference I caught up with Kylie Sturgess, Krystal Evans and [...]

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SoT Special: 2011 Bloopers and Outtakes

December 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment

We’ve had a great 2011. For all of us, this is our first time doing a podcast and it’s been a great experience.

Filed Under: Ed Brown, Lucas Randall, Penny Dumsday, Podcast, Shayne Joseph, Specials

SoT Special: Retraction Watch

October 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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It is estimated that in 2006 alone there were 1.3 million papers published in 23,750 scientific journals. But what happens when a paper gets ‘unpublished’ – withdrawn or retracted? I caught up with Dr. Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus, founders of Retraction Watch. A blog that follows retractions as they happen and investigates the stories [...]

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SoT Special: Why We’ve Stopped Trusting Science, by Leslie Cannold

July 30, 2011 By 1 Comment
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On Thursday Dr. Leslie Cannold – author, ethicist, commentator and award-winning columnist – spoke to a packed audience at Embiggen Books. She spoke about the various social and economic forces undermining trust in science, and what can be done to restore that trust. Embiggen Books is Melbourne’s newest bookshop, specialising in scientific and skeptical books. [...]

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SoT Special: Podblack’s Book Club

May 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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An event organised by the Melbourne Skeptics and the Melbourne Eastern Hills Skeptics saw a science, religion and philosophy teacher and a science-oriented bookseller discussing their favourite books. Kylie Sturgess is an award-winning blogger and fellow podcaster, a Philosophy and Religious Education teacher and writer for a number of Skeptic publications. In 2010 she co-authored [...]

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