Australian Science Communicators are converging today for the ASC conference of 2014. I very much enjoyed the 2010 one in Canberra where I happened to be, and made a special trip to be at the 201...
https://aschoonerofscience.com/science-communication/a-shameless-plug-for-the-asc14/
When I was a child, I had a toy from Seaworld that was a baby seal, and man I loved that little guy. I also had a Furby, one of those fluffy toy robots that took the world by storm in 1999, and a...
https://aschoonerofscience.com/recent-research/cuddly-robot-seals-assist-in-dementia-care/
Ahoy mateys! It be the best day of the year once again! Happy talk like a pirate day! It’s too late to get your ergonomic pirate keyboard, but add plenty of R’s into your day anyway. The imag...
https://aschoonerofscience.com/just-for-fun/happy-international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/
Ethical concerns aside, gene therapy is a really exciting area of science. How cool to explore the functions of DNA and cellular machinery by inserting exactly what you want into a cell of your c...
On Thursday I’m heading to Adelaide for the Australex 2013 linguistics conference at the University of Adelaide. The topic – Endangered words, and signs of revival. I volunteer with a project...
https://aschoonerofscience.com/science-communication/talking-endangered-words-in-adelaide/
A battery the size of a grain of sand has been built using 3D printers, scientists announced yesterday. It’s the century of smalls, where tiny devices are top dog. Computers shrink into tablets...
https://aschoonerofscience.com/recent-research/press-print-for-power/
How cool is this? Astronaut Chris Hadfield sings Space Oddity from the International Space Station. He is floating in a most peculiar way, as the guitar spins in front of him. In another video he...
I was so pleased to see on The Oatmeal this morning that the Tesla Science Centre will be going ahead – they’ve purchased the land where Nikola Tesla’s old laboratory stood and still have $...
I’ve always wanted a computer that would fold up like a newspaper. I could sit on a bench and open it to read, then close it up and cram into a bag. It wouldn’t be backlit like a computer scr...
https://aschoonerofscience.com/recent-research/shape-shifting-devices-gadgets-for-the-future/
Sorry for the unscheduled downtime last week, all the issues have been sorted now (I think) and we’re back! Just in time for… A Schooner of Science’s fourth birthday! Hooray! If you want to...
https://aschoonerofscience.com/jibber-jabber/happy-fourth-blogaversary/