Tagged: scienceonline

The end of ScienceOnline - Code for life

Grant Jacobs • Oct 10, 2014 •

• scienceonline

A few minutes ago I checked my email, to be greeted with the news that the board of ScienceOnline have elected to dissolve the organisation and cancel their 2015 meeting. I hope that local counterparts will surface. Perhaps we can hope for an Australiasian* counterpart? Perhaps hosted in different nations in different years? … Read More

My Skeptics Conference 2013 talk and slides – ‘Nerds, nerds everywhere’ - misc.ience

Aimee Whitcroft • Sep 09, 2013 •

• #nzskepconf,
• citizen science,
• community,
• culture,
• foldit,
• geeks,
• General,
• International Space Apps Challenge,
• nerd nite,
• nerds,
• nz skeptics conference,
• Sciblogs,
• scienceonline,
• skeptics

The weekend just passed saw the annual NZ Skeptics Conference 2013, held in my home town of Wellington. The theme was around science communication, and speakers featured such stars as Pamela Gay and Kylie Sturgess, as well as local speakers such as Martin Manning and fellow Scibloggers Siouxise Wiles and Elf Eldridge. For some unfathomable reason, I was asked to … Read More