During the British Science Association’s science communication conference (#scicomm13), our Editor (@amyskinshay) was down in London joining in the discussion thanks to a bursary from the SciComm Conference folk (@scicommconf). Amy Hayward now reports on a session from Day 2 of the conference: W(h)ithe the future of Science Communication. The session began with a little humour from

Tweets about “#progpal” Schedule (all times +0 GMT) The full programme, including abstracts, can be found here 09.00 Welcome to LeedsProfessor Jane Francis & Tom Fletcher Session 1 – Reconstructing Life Habits 09.20 Reconstructing Ammonite Life-Habits: A Modern Perspective on a Centuries Old Question Robert Lemanis 09.40 Determining the dietary preferences of the Port Jackson

The western portion of the Orcas Island has stands of Rocky Mountain juniper (rarest-forest-in-western-washington) and the species is scattered about other parts of the San Juan Islands and the islands of Skagit County (lopez-island-rocky-mountain-junipers). The species is also present on the east slopes of the Cascades near Chelan. On a recent trip to Orcas Island I spotted a particularly tall specimen growing out of a bedrock bluff along the shoreline. I estimated it to be 45 feet […]

How can you use an Earth beach ball to estimate the area of forest on our planet’s surface? Andersonville Elementary School students figured this out and more at the interface of math and biology on their visit last week to … Continue reading →

As May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, we though that we would highlight some of the other ways in which we are promoting better communication.  As you are no doubt already aware, our focus here on the Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss (SICHL) blog is generally on our …