Siouxsie Wiles • Jan 18, 2013 •
Today I went to listen to head of the Royal Society Sir Paul Nurse talk at the University of Auckland. His talk was titled “Making science work” which he explained meant “Making science work for society”. You can see a collection of the tweets from the talk here (sorry, most of them are mine … Read More
Ken Perrott • Nov 18, 2011 •
The Wave Watcher’s Companion by Gavin Pretor-Pinney is this year’s the winner of the Royal Society’s Winton Prize for science books. Sir Paul Nurse, President of the Royal Society, presented the £10,000 prize to Gavin Pretor-Pinney at an award ceremony … Continue reading → … Read More
Michael Edmonds • Sep 27, 2011 •
Stamp out anti-science is the title of Sir Paul Nurse’s editorial in the September 17th edition of the New Scientist. I think it is an excellent summary of some of the problems the science is encountering along with solutions. Sir Paul shared the Nobel prize for medicine (2001), is President of the Royal Society, and presented the Horizon programme … Read More
Ken Perrott • Mar 09, 2011 •
Well, by some people anyway. It’s the title of an excellent BBC Horizon documentary which went to air in the UK in January. It may never reach our shores but at least you can view it on YouTube. I have … Continue reading → … Read More
Michael Edmonds • Jan 29, 2011 •
Bryan Walker’s post on the new BBC documentary, “Science under Attack”, was so interesting I sat down and watched all 6 parts on youtube. While I would recommend watching them all, I found part 5 quite interesting for a number of reasons. Part 5 includes Sir Paul Nurse talking to a somewhat belligerent James Delingpole, the journalist … Read More
Bryan Walker • Jan 29, 2011 •
Paul Nurse is the new President of the Royal Society. His predecessor Martin Rees was firm in his insistence on the seriousness of climate science and climate change, and Nurse is equally so. In a striking BBC Horizon documentary Science Under Attack he examines why public trust in scientific theory appears to have diminished, especially [...] … Read More
Grant Jacobs • Oct 25, 2010 •
Paul Nurse remarks that the WWW and blogging have given anti-science views a disproportionate impact on policy. I idle away part of my Labour Day holiday ruminating the thought. The closing three paragraphs of an article in the Guardian on Paul Nurse, Nobel Laureate and now president of the Royal Society of London, … Read More