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.

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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.

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Science Chat – Episode 34: 60 Second Science

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.

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Science Chat – Episode 33: Science Calling!

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.

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The first science I ever heard…

February 20, 2012

What was your first experience of science communication – what was the first science you were ever told? Can you remember? Well I couldn’t but a recent visit to my optician suggested to me what it might have been.
As I approach the beautifully labeled time of life that is middle-age, apparently my poor tired eye [...]

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Science Chat – Episode 32: ESOF 2010 Retrospective – Would Einstein be on Twitter?

February 11, 2012

As we move closer and closer to ESOF Dublin City of Science 2012 in Dublin, this episode of Science Chat is another look back to the program which took place in Turin for the 2010 City of Science.
The guest on this episode is Barbara Diehl, Programme Manager at the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at [...]

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Science Chat – Episode 31: Cafe Scientifique Portsmouth

January 13, 2012

Hello followers and happy new year 2012, the year when apparently (for non-scientists out there) it will all end!
So, another new year, and a nice interesting new episode of Science Chat to start it off.
By the way, it will be quite an exciting year for Science Chat because the podcast will be branching out with [...]

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Science Chat – Episode 30: Explorer’s Education in the marine…

December 1, 2011

In this episode of Science Chat, episode 30, I talk to Dr John Joyce who founded the Explorers Education programme in the Marine Institute of Ireland to start young people off on the road to becoming marine scientists at an early age… in fact at the primary school level.
This is another great example of someone [...]

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Science Chat – Episode 29: ESOF 2010 Retrospective… Crossing borders with outreach programs and educational networks

October 17, 2011

Continuing with Science Chat’s lookback at ESOF 2010 in Turin, this episode features Joachim Dengg who presented the topic entitled Crossing borders with outreach programs and educational networks: A research institute’s novel and daring approach to science education.
You can find more details about Joachim and the outreach programs he’s involved with on http://sfb-outreach.ifm-geomar.de/.
The podcast can [...]

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Science Chat – Episode 28: Science communication at Absolut Fringe

September 16, 2011

As you may have realised by now, one of the main reasons that I produce this little podcast is to look at different and exciting ways in which people are communicating science, so when I saw that Niamh Shaw, one of the actors taking part in Dublin’s Absolut Fringe, a festival of theatre, comedy, music, [...]

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