General Science

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Could This Be. . . Disinformation?

Steph Halmhofer Biology and Life Sciences, Environmental and Earth Sciences, General Science
Header Image: From “Saying what we mean, meaning what we say: Managing miscommunication in archaeological prospection.” I want to briefly talk about a somewhat subtle method of spreading disinformation. This is not something that is unique to pseudoarchaeology, but I’m discussing it in that specific context. It’s known as “Just Asking Questions” (JAQ) and I...

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“Helping Students Write” is headed into production. But should we call it that?

Stephen Heard Biology and Life Sciences, General Science
We’re excited: our new book (“our” meaning Steve with Bethann Garramon Merkle) has been formally accepted by the University of Chicago Press, and is now headed into production. So today, an update, and a request for your opinions about its title. “What book?”, you might be asking. Darn – we tried to pester folks so...

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Alison Lohans: On the Magic of Making Art

L. E. Carmichael Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science
Welcome to Cantastic Authorpalooza, featuring posts by and about great Canadian children’s book creators! Today’s guest: Alison Lohans. Take it away, Alison! Creating new things. Sometimes beautiful things. We rarely know the deep origins, or why a particular “something” begins to wiggle, and then morph into a new creative work. Ever since high school, already...

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Welcome back to my sabbatical blogs as I revive the research that I put on the back burner in December 2019

Dawn Bazely Biology and Life Sciences, Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science
In March 2020 university campuses the world over closed when the World Health Organization officially declared that the SARS-cov-2 virus, and the disease that it causes, Covid-19 were a pandemic. Scientists and members of the public health sector came together in an amazing spirit of collaboration that brought us vaccines in a very short amount...

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This is Why … science centres are so important

jomeara Communication, Education and Outreach, General Science, Physics and Astronomy
A few weeks ago, I unilaterally declared it to be #ScienceCentreSeptember and decided to spend the month exploring the invaluable contributions these play-spaces make to society in weekly posts on LinkedIn. I thought it might be worthwhile reproducing these musings here, all in one post, as a topic that is as important to me as...

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