Tagged: identity

From Restoration to Reconciliation: Belief 2 – Natives define us - So Shoot Me

Jamie Steer • Dec 15, 2018 •

• Biodiversity,
• conservation,
• identity,
• introduced species,
• invasive species,
• native species,
• New Zealand,
• wildlife

‘It’s hard to swallow giving up ur Godzone…’  (Feedback on Kim Hill interview). We have this idea in NZ that our national identity, at least when it comes to wildlife, is defined almost solely by our native species. Sure, we accept cows and kiwifruit and so on when in farmed or horticultural settings, but with the notable exception of … Read More

How your daughter’s future doors may already be closed by the time she is six - Nano Girl

Michelle Dickinson • Mar 17, 2017 •

• brilliant,
• education,
• engineering,
• gender,
• girls,
• identity,
• perceptions,
• Science

Imagine you are reading a story to a child; the story goes something like this:   “There is one person at work who is really, really smart. They can figure out how to do things quickly, they come up with answers much faster and better than anyone else.  Now imagine telling this story: “There is one person at work who is … Read More

How to check if you’re in a news echo chamber – and what to do about it - Guest Work

Guest Author • Dec 14, 2016 •

• bias,
• biases,
• echo chamber,
• identity,
• media,
• news,
• politics,
• Psychology

By Tom Stafford, University of Sheffield If you were surprised by the result of the Brexit vote in the UK or by the Trump victory in the US, you might live in an echo chamber – a self-reinforcing world of people who share the same opinions as you. Echo chambers are a problem, and not just because it means … Read More

Commitment through our identities - The Dismal Science

Bill Kaye-Blake • Dec 05, 2012 •

• akerlof,
• Christchurch,
• culture,
• economics,
• food,
• identity,
• jason potts,
• marginal impact,
• restaurants,
• revealed preferences,
• Sciblogs,
• vegetarianism

One of my favourite Christchurch restaurants is Welcome Cafe. Why? Because it’s a vegetarian restaurant, so I have my pick of anything on the menu. I had dumplings last time I was there — I have no idea why more restaurants don’t make veggie dumplings. Here are two ways of looking at my dietary practice: [...] … Read More

Super Hero Costumes - Molecular Matters

Michael Edmonds • May 19, 2012 •

• avengers,
• green lantern,
• identity,
• super hero

What is the purpose of a super hero’s costume? A large part of it would appear to be a way of disguising his or her identity. It certainly seemed to work for Superman, who by whipping off his glasses and donning a red and blue costume managed to conceal his identity from everyone, including his long term love interest Lois … Read More

TOSP Episode 8: October 31st 2011 - The Sciblogs Podcast

Aimee Whitcroft • Oct 31, 2011 •

• aimee whitcroft,
• anonymity,
• artificial skin,
• Carl Zimmer,
• Chelfyn Baxter,
• identity,
• internet,
• malaria vaccine,
• misc.ience,
• nanotubes,
• octopus,
• open access,
• retake the net,
• Royal Society of London,
• science tattoos,
• secret code,
• security,
• the g33k show,
• The Official Sciblogs Podcast,
• timescale of life,
• TOSP,
• translation

Featuring something ever so slightly different this week. Elf, as previously mentioned, is away for a couple of weeks (somewhere in the Pacific, possibly)? So aimee invited friend, and the g33k show co-host Chelfyn Baxter onto the podcast. This week, we covered the very real possibility of a functional malarial vaccine, carbon … Read More