Michelle Dickinson • Jul 13, 2017 •
Last week, I was honoured to have been able to join Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson on stage during his New Zealand cosmic perspective tour. As the only American to have been awarded the Stephen Hawking Medal for science communication, Dr Tyson has been called the American face of science. I was astounded and inspired at the ability of a scientist … Read More
John Kerr • Mar 28, 2017 •
One of the world’s most well known and entertaining science communicators is coming to New Zealand. Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson will be coming to New Zealand – for the first time ever – this July to talk life, the universe and everything. He will be performing his show A Cosmic Perspective in Christchurch (July 4) and Auckland (July 9). Both … Read More
Michael Edmonds • Apr 28, 2015 •
I saw the first episode of Star Talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson this week and it was really fascinating. It played on the National Geographic channel (72) on Sky, however, it can also be seen via youtube. This week the science and other aspects of Star Trek (e.g. social change) was discussed with guest star George Takei. Definitely worth a … Read More
Peter Griffin • Jan 07, 2013 •
Darcy Cowan • Apr 02, 2012 •
I was collecting up videos to drip feed when I got around to it, but figured I may as well post them all at once to liven up a Monday afternoon. Enjoy. The Great and Powerful Tyson… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfAzaDyae-k Dan Dennett on “Deepities”… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg-4fmbpZ-M Levitation, I have to admit while watching this I was grinning like and idiot..it’s awesome…. Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Dec 07, 2011 •
[Original post on the Sciblogs The Official Sciblogs Podcast site] Another week, another collection of brilliant stuff to talk about. This week, Elf and aimee talk about groups. Well, mostly groups, but also weta, astronomy, learning and why we don’t have a cure for AIDS. As for groups – we look into how StarCraft 2 [...] … Read More
Ken Perrott • Nov 27, 2011 •
It seems that some of the delusional god-bothers in the US are upset because there President omitted their god in the list of people he expressed gratitude to in his thanksgiving day speech. As PZ Myers put it – you … Continue reading → … Read More
Ken Perrott • Dec 03, 2010 •
I managed to catch the tail end of the NASA press conference this morning. This had created quite a flutter on the internet with some speculating that NASA was going to announce the discovery of evidence for extraterrestrial life. Well, … Continue reading → … Read More
Ken Perrott • Mar 08, 2010 •
Book review: Am I Making Myself Clear?: A Scientist’s Guide to Talking to the Public by Cornelia Dean Price US$13.57 Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Harvard University Press; 1 edition (October 30, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0674036352 ISBN-13: 978-0674036352 I bet you can name some good science communicators. People like Carl Sagan, Richard Dawkins, Carolyn Porco, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Lawrence … Read More