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IgNobel founder Marc Abrahams, Wisconsin-Madison scientists Molly Jahn, ABC Science Show's Robyn Williams, Naked Scientist Chris Smith, MIT's Kathleen Kennedy and UK science minister David Willetts at the AAAS, 2014.

Naked at the AAAS 2014 meeting

... (AAAS), The American Association for the Advancement of Science... My name is Chris Smith otherwise known as the ... went to Iran right now. Now, the AAAS meeting is all about science and innovation.  For this programme, we’re joined ... UK Science Minister; Kathleen Kennedy, MIT Enterprise Forum; Robyn Williams, The ABC RN Science Show; Molly Jahn, ...

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch gets naked

... season they then had this fantastic discussion about where science is, where it could be in the next 20 years and what are the issues facing both science and the world and what the world needs from ... in person. I just think it's fantastic. I think, to have a forum where adults, young adults, curious lay people as well ...

Citizen Science: Science Needs YOU!

... the citizen scientist is transforming how we think and do science. Increasingly, scientists are turning to ordinary ... and ingenuity of citizen scientists has already enabled science to make great leaps forward, and this trend is likely ... to science? Let us know by talking about it on our forum, or leave a comment below. Everyone can contribute to ...

AAAS Naked Scientists Panel Show 2014, featuring Marc Abrahams, Molly Jahn, Robyn Williams, Chris Smith, Kathleen Kennedy and David Willetts

Minister Willetts in the Windy City

My main role, and that of the entire UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN), which includes about 90 ... in 28 countries all over the world, is to promote UK science abroad and inform UK policy on scientific advances ... from across the globe. The meeting provides an ideal forum for the Science and Innovation Network to promote our ...

Heather Jameson stood next to a dalek

Eight weeks of naked

... my PhD supervisor... “The Naked Scientists, they make science radio shows and podcasts for a general audience,” I ... the chance to do an internship with them to develop your science communications skills and learn how to make podcasts ... time can be put towards tending to the naked scientists forum and planning for your own show. On Sunday evenings The ...

The distant exoplanet TrES-2b, shown here in an artist's conception, is darker than the blackest coal.

Alien Atmospheres and producing Prometheus

... Alien...  Sounds exciting! But it's also based on hard science. Dr Hugh Mortimer works on the atmospheric chemistry ... for the makers of the film to help them to get the science right.  He joins us now.  Hi, Hugh. Hugh -   Hi, ... I'm the Chairperson of a body known as the UK Planetary Forum, which essentially looks after all of the planetary ...

App, app and Away

... we have developed something specially for you, to make the science we report on easier for you to access and listen to. ... Scientists App places our news stories, the answers to science questions you always wanted to ask, science articles ... programmes, podcasts and articles, or to visit our online forum. This is a significant change on a year ago, when that ...

Bacterial culture as sampled from from a toilet seat

Kitchen Science Bacteria Challenge - Kitchen vs Toilet

... bacteria in kitchens and in toilets. Ben -   For Kitchen Science this week, we decided to do something a little different, so really it's not kitchen science as much as it is kitchen and toilet science.  I'm ... survive inside your intestines. We asked members of our  forum to vote on which plate they thought was from the ...

A sleeping bat.

QotW: How do bats roost upside down?

... Phil - Every one of our questions of the week goes on our science forum - that’s nakedscientists.com/forum - and Evan from Australia responded pointing out that ...

Image of Mariana in the recording studio

My internship with the Naked Scientists

As someone who is interested in science communication, I had always had my eye out for ... dates was like having stars aligning... My interest in science communication is very strong, but I have had little ... ‘Who am I’ segments, and started posting lots on the forum. Week 5 I had recorded an interview and written a news ...

Hand Washing

QotW: Why won't old soap make suds?

... this question from William... Eva - Alan Calverd from the forum said "my guess is that most soaps include volatile and ... associate professor of chemical engineering and material science at the University of Minnesota, and soap enthusiast, ... associate professor of chemical engineering and material science at the University of Minnesota, and soap enthusiast, ...

IgNobel founder Marc Abrahams, Wisconsin-Madison scientists Molly Jahn, ABC Science Show's Robyn Williams, Naked Scientist Chris Smith, MIT's Kathleen Kennedy and UK science minister David Willetts at the AAAS, 2014.

NAKED at the AAAS

... How do governments and policy-makers decide what science should be funded? Where will the next generation of ... David Willetts, the UK Minister for Universities and Science, Robyn Williams, of the Science Show on the ABC, MIT Enterprise Forum president, Kathleen Kennedy, IgNobel Awards founder ...

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My internship with the Naked Scientists

... turn-around and fast approaching deadlines in the world of science news. It quickly became clear that this work was ... cut. I finished off the week by writing up the story as a science news article for the website. I learnt about the art ... effects. I also got involved in populating the website’s forum with questions. People email in to ask their science ...

David Willetts AAAS Audio Blog

UK Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts, becomes his own radio presenter; here, on a tour organised by the UK's Science and Innovation Network, he charts his meetings with ... to technology start-up CEOs, addresses the AAAS fellows forum and talks in depth to his travelling companions, ...

River sewage

Hunting for harmful bacteria in UK rivers

... testing the same site daily, Anne Miller from Cam Valley Forum and her army of volunteer heroes have been looking for ... yourselves please? Anne - I'm Anne Miller from Cam Valley Forum, and we've been taking water samples and getting them ... accredited lab to be analysed. So that's the real sort of science bit. And then we put them on the website so anybody ...

An ethical evening!

... students recognize that you can't extricate the science from the society. We don't live in a social vacuum and certainly, science is influenced by society and influences society. ... Neuroethics Society provides a very, very unique forum. It allows some of the up and coming students, fellows, ...

Human genome

The Wellcome Collection

... together with the world famous Wellcome library and a new forum for public debate on science; they offer a fantastic line-up of events throughout ... actually look at her own old heart. Ben -   By marrying science with art, historical with contemporary, the Wellcome ...

The chimpanzee - mankinds closest primate relative.

He may drink tea, but that doesn't make him common

... by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (who halted the campaign when they were made aware of ... known primate researcher Jane Goodall, writing in Policy Forum in this week's Science magazine. Visitors to two primate centres, the ...

a hairdresser washing someone's hair with shampoo

QotW: Do you really need to wash, rinse, and repeat?

... answer Julie's question... Sally-Ann - There is actually science behind the double hair wash method, and it is not a ... tweet @nakedscientists or join in the debate on the forum - the naked scientists dot com slash forum. I'm wondering if there's any science around the wash, rinse, repeat method that ...

Papercut

Why is it recommended to put salt on cuts?

... a wound - has also been discussed on the Naked Scientists science forum]  Why is it recommended to put salt on cuts? It seems ...

Robotic woman

Digital age 'desperately' needs ethical and legal guidelines

... in the Netherlands, was speaking at a session on ethics in science and technology at the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) 2018, which is being held in Toulouse, France, ... den Hoven is a member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), an independent advisory ...

The average terrestrial wind speed has slowed down half a kilometre per hour every decade since the 1960s.

How much land to feed a person?

... which converts to approximately 120 acres. On the forum: anthrogeek12 points out that the answer really depends ... answering this question from Martin Fennel: What’s the science behind non-stick pans? What prevents the sticking? ... tweet @nakedscientists or join in the debate on the forum - thenakedscientists.com/forum. What is the minimum ...

this is a picture of some orange carrots and some purple carrots

Does eating purple carrots turn you purple?

Naked Scientist Jack Tavener crunched down on the science of carrots to answer Aidan's question... Jack - ... - I mean it is a hard life, isn’t it? In the name of science I’m going to basically have a snack. Jack - Ready? ... your skin yellow, something Kryptid also suggested on the forum. So how many carrots, orange or purple might you need ...

Can of fizzy drink

QotW: Will a can in the sea float or be crushed?

... Here's the answer, with help from the Cambridge Science Centre's Mia Foulkes... Richard - Will a can of soda ... not the end of it - says Mia Foulkes, from the Cambridge Science Centre... Mia - This is a really interesting and ... be crushed before it started floating. Phil - Halc on the forum speculated on how this might happen. The can is a nice ...

Aerial view of Earth from space

What would happen if Earth wasn't tilted?

Donald on The Naked Scientists forum asked what would happen if the Earth wasn't tilted on ... it? James - It's one of the toughest parts of climate science in many respects. So we have different ranges of ...