Anti-vax father gets a lecture from his daughter – who happens to be a science blogger
Science blogger Tara C. Smith recently wrote an open letter to her father ”on the occasion of his recent anti-vax Facebook postings”.
Author Archive for: Olle Bergman
Entries by Olle Bergman
Boarding Card for (nervous) speakers
The first pdf document has been added to the Guides & articles section: a Boarding Card for (nervous) speakers.
PhD Survival Guide from Flowing Data blogger
Nathan Yau, the statistician that runs the blog Flowing Data, recently wrote a ”Survival Guide to Starting and Finishing a PhD”. Tips on making it through, what I would tell my previous self going in, and advice on taking advantage of the unique opportunity that is graduate school. I think he makes some really important points.
Same story skeleton in Toy Story and The Walking Dead
A comparison between Toy Story and The Walking Dead by John Wray has gone viral on the internet. And there is no doubt that there are similarities.
Quora discussion: ”Which protein is the most interesting?”
The question ”Which is the most interesting protein?” recently generated some readable replies on Quora.
DNA animation more inspirational than instructional
The London-based creative agency Territory created this elegant video for BBC Knowledge. It explains the role and function of DNA. http://www.territorystudio.com/work/motion/?p=BBC-knowledge-DNA It’s fun to watch, but I finds it a little more inspirational than instructional. In my opinion, the spoken words are actually more explanatory than the graphics. If you were the scientific advisor to this production, […]
Communication Crisis in science?
In a text that has attracted much attention, David Rubenson from Stanford Cancer Institute makes the provocative statement that scientists ”don’t communicate well with each other”. Do you agree?