by Captain Skellett | Feb 28, 2012 | Science Communication
Hon. Lillian Dyck, first female and Aboriginal senator in Canada, took the stage at the AAAS conference to discuss western science, feminist science and Aboriginal science. Subjectivity is inherent in the western scientific method, she said. We use inductive...
by Captain Skellett | Feb 19, 2012 | Science Communication
The Vancouver Conference Center sure is an imposing place. High ceilings and wall-length windows gazing to cloudy mountains and cold waters. Up above, strung in wooden beams, are three golden eggs. It’s a fitting spot for the first annual meeting of the American...
by Captain Skellett | Feb 3, 2012 | Science at Home, Science Communication
True blue replica of Captain Cook’s tall ship HMB Endeavour is circumnavigating Australia and dropping into me home town Adelaide for a spell. Australians can sail the tall ship replica Endeavour in June 2012 to watch the rare transit of Venus from Lord Howe...
by Captain Skellett | Dec 9, 2011 | Science Communication
We reached a big milestone last month as the world’s population exceeded seven billion people for the first time. Looking behind the headlines was Paul Willis at the RiAus and a panellist of scientists and journalists on Tuesday (event details here.) In the 20th...
by Captain Skellett | Dec 5, 2011 | Science Communication
On Friday I went to day three of the international barcode of life conference, which happened to be in my hometown of Adelaide, actually at the home of my undergrad – The University of Adelaide – how convenient! DNA barcoding matches a region of DNA to a...
by Captain Skellett | Dec 2, 2011 | Science Communication
Yesterday afternoon I went to a prospectus to the HMS Beagle Project while founder David Lort Phillips is in Adelaide. It’s a CRAZY exciting project which plans to build a modern version of Darwin and FitzRoy’s tall ship the HMS Beagle, kitted out as a floating...