Peter Griffin • Jun 17, 2022 •
It’s hard to believe that when we created Sciblogs in 2009, the iPhone was only two years old, being a ‘Youtuber’ wasn’t really a thing and Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok didn’t exist. But Science blogging was a big thing, particularly in the United States, where a number of scientists had carved out roles for themselves as influential and widely-read bloggers. Read More
Sarah-Jane O'Connor • Jun 17, 2022 •
For 13 years, Sciblogs has been a staple in New Zealand’s science-writing landscape. Our bloggers have written about a vast variety of topics from climate change to covid, and from nanotechnology to household gadgets. But sadly, it’s time to close shop. Sciblogs will be shutting down on 30 June. When it was launched … Read More
Katherine Hurst • Dec 18, 2020 •
“Always expect the unexpected” could be the Science Media Centre’s motto, but 2020 has proven more unexpected than most years. The novel coronavirus spread through all aspects of the SMC’s work: queries from journalists, media briefings, expert reactions to breaking news, and distributing recent scientific research through the Scimex website. Even the SMC’s … Read More
Katherine Hurst • Oct 30, 2020 •
Most people hear “ER” and they think of an emergency room – ambulances, patients, life and death situations. But for the staff at the Science Media Centre, ER stands for “Expert Reactions” and means timely comments from experts responding to breaking news. When news breaks, journalists often want quotes about the importance … Read More
Brendan Moyle • Jul 05, 2018 •
It is the tenth anniversary of the Science Media Centre. That also means I have been blogging here since 2009. This was not the first blogging platform I used. I originally started in the Opera blog community. Opera shutdown their blog service in March 2014 as what was supposed to be a support community for their browser users took … Read More
Siouxsie Wiles • Feb 08, 2015 •
A few days ago, the UK parliament voted in favour of making Britain the first country in the world to permit IVF babies to be created using biological material from three different people. The vote passed by 382 to 128 – a majority of 254 – and is to amend the UK’s 2008 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act … Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Mar 20, 2012 •
This is a very special, and slightly sad, edition of TOSP. In this episode, Elf and aimee bid farewell as hosts of TOSP. However, do not fear! We’re passing it into the capable hands of Sciblogs Editor Peter Griffin, who will take it forward proudly from here. We wanted to … Read More