by webmaster on May 14, 2012
In this episode of Science Chat, I talk to Paidi O’Reilly from University College Cork about the state of technology assessment in Ireland. Paidi is involved in the PACITA project which aims to strengthen the institutional foundation of European technology assessment by helping countries establish and improve their Parliamentary Technology Assessment (PTA) activities.
You can find out more about PACITA and the recent Dublin workshop at http://www.pacitaproject.eu.
The Science Chat podcast can of course be found in the usual place… http://www.sciencechat.podomatic.com/ as well as on iTunes.
by webmaster on April 22, 2012
Episode 35 of Science Chat is devoted to a new project which will aim to re-organize the way scientific literature is made available to researchers, students, and anyone interested in it actually.
The project is the brainchild of Sam and Amy Molyneux. Sam is a Ph.D student in the University of Toronto and with his sister Amy they are creating Sciencescape, a social map of science with a mission to organise scientific literature in history and real time!
You can keep an eye on their progress by following them on Twitter as @sciencescape and you can sign up for their coming beta product at http://www.sciencescape.org.
The Science Chat podcast can of course be found in the usual place… http://www.sciencechat.podomatic.com/ as well as on iTunes.
by webmaster on March 31, 2012
This episode of Science Chat is a first as it welcomes our first guest from the Southern hemisphere, from Australia actually.
Brendan O’Brien works with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in Victoria, Australia, and is also convenor of 60 Second Science, a science outreach competition… and notwithstanding the time difference between Australia and Ireland (where Science Chat is produced) we managed to organise an interview.
You can find out all about 60 Second Science at http://www.60secondscience.net, and the podcast can of course be found in the usual place… http://www.sciencechat.podomatic.com/ as well as on iTunes, along with the back catalogue.
by webmaster on February 28, 2012
In this episode Science Chat talks with Maria Daly about her science blog Science Calling! Last year Maria was invited to blog for Falling Walls and was also nominated for a Spider award, and her blog is probably one of the best new science blogs out there… in my opinion anyway!
You can find Maria’s blog at http://sciencecalling.com, and the podcast can of course be found in the usual place… http://www.sciencechat.podomatic.com/ as well as on iTunes, and while you’re there, why not take the time to catch up on some of the earlier episodes.
