Tag: Science Communication
Fringe, Festival and Science in South Australia
March 4th, 2010, No Comments
For all me hometown South Australian readers out there, this be for you. It’s the best time of year to be in the southern state because the Fringe and the Adelaide Festival are both on at the same time and there is SO MUCH AWESOME about that, really, you’re spoilt for choice. Of course for [...]
Australian Science Communicators Conference Day One
February 8th, 2010, No Comments
Just got home after a massive day at #asc2010. Though I’m exhausted I’m feeling too excited to sleep, so instead I’ll give you my blow by blow account of the conference.
Welcome session
The day opened with a welcome from an Aboriginal elder who was not at all interested in science (actually, she said she hated it [...]
Big week for science blogs – Science Online and Open Lab
January 15th, 2010, No Comments
I get confused about the time and date in the US, being a resident of Kangarooland myself. Nonetheless, I have it on good Twitteriffic authority that Science Online 2010 has opened! It is a mysterious weekend where science bloggers unite and discuss… well… science blogging. Mostly.
Yeah, I wish I was there, it would be [...]
HeLa, the first immortal human cells and a tale of immorality
January 12th, 2010, No Comments
When we work with cell lines in the lab, we often work with HeLa cells. They can live in a vial of nutrients, and from a small sample you can grow a large quantity to use in cancer research, in vitro fertilisation research, stem cell research, virus research, pretty much any kind of human biology [...]
Captain Skellett takes the Stage
January 9th, 2010, No Comments
Exciting news! I’ve been invited to talk about science blogging at the RiAus on the 18th of Jan for the next Australian Science Communicators meeting. If you’d like to come and meet me (and you live in South Australia) you can register here.
It comes at a great time, with Science Online 2010 starting very [...]
Spoons Will Kill You
January 6th, 2010, No Comments
The deadly spoon, it makes a knife look tame by comparison. Indeed, only a meat cleaver attached to a hand beater is more dangerous.
Being a lover of spoons (not literally thank you very much. I’m just fond of them, okay? Nothing wrong with that) I am skeptical of this research which suggests that spoon [...]
Small Wonders: How Microbes Rule Our World
November 13th, 2009, No Comments
Did you know that your currently carrying at least a kilo of bacteria around on (and in!) you at the moment? And that without these hitchhikers we’d get very sick, very quickly? The world is a very different place if you are a bacteria or virus, who can happily live in the most extreme [...]
How Viagra Works
November 4th, 2009, No Comments
Viagra, that little blue pill. How does it work? How was it discovered? What are the side effects? This video answers all your questions about the first ever oral treatment for erectile dysfunction, written, edited and starring yours truly.
How Viagra Works from Captain Skellett on Vimeo.
Erectile dysfunction can be embarrassing for pirates, but don’t let [...]
Claymation Biology!
October 16th, 2009, No Comments
Science and animation belong together (wink). Animation is awesome sauce on science noms – “it makes science fun!” And how good is claymation? LOVE IT! It takes so long though, I don’t know how people have the patience.
Check out this video by Creature Cast, a clay-tastic introduction on what germ cells are and where they [...]
The Launch of RiAus
October 11th, 2009, No Comments
‘Tis late at night, the storm has passed, I am exhausted from my weekend and long to crawl into bed to read Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.
But no… it has been too long and I have been too slack on writing. Don’t let me weasel my way out of this. I am GOING to [...]
