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Creative Communication: 2012/13 Projects
Image Credit: Smabs Sputzer (via Flickr) In January the MSc Science Communication 2012/13 cohort of Imperial College London embarked on a three month project making cultural products and creative...
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The Philosopher’s Battle
The first in our series on this year’s group projects by Science Communication students is ‘The Philospher’s Battle’, a radio package by Keeran Flora, Julie Gould and Annie Mackinder. Science has often...
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Shadow sculpture
The second in our series on this year’s group projects by Science Communication students is a shadow sculpture, an artwork by Alice Hazelton, Natascha Mehrabi and Andy Roast. The shadow sculpture draws...
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Science, culture and whaling
Image Credit: JIGGS IMAGES (via Flickr) At the beginning of the month, the Australian government began to present its case against Japan’s whaling programme to the International Court of Justice at The...
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Science and Craft: The Nature of Expertise
The third in our series on this year’s group projects by Science Communication students is a series of glass artworks by Victoria Druce, Josh Howgego and Katherine Powell. This exhibition of three...
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Illustrating Science
My plan since I left school had been to work as a scientific researcher doing part-time illustration on the side. However, as I reached the end of my degree, I realised I wasn’t interested enough in...
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The Brian Cox Effect
The forth in our series on this year’s group projects by Science Communication students is The Brian Cox Effect, street art by Margaux Calon, Stephanie McClellan and Rosemary Peters. Brian Cox. With...
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Science Beat!
The fifth in our series on this year’s group projects by Science Communication students is a science journalism themed board game by Liliana Derewnicka, Jessica Lowrie and Conor McKeever. Science Beat!...
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V is for Volunteering
When I left university in 2012, I was under the naïve impression that the piece of paper I clutched so delicately in my hand would have employers scrambling over each other to give me a job....
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The Distant Neighbours
The cultural divide between art and science has become a hackneyed truism. Since C.P. Snow’s seminal Two Cultures essay written in 1956, academics, intellectuals, scientists and artists have argued...
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The Magnificent Science Variety Show
“This is the Monty Python of Science,” said a star-struck man stumbling out into the street. On 5 July this year The Magnificent Science Variety Show emerged in the night like a flock of birds. It was...
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Fringe Thinking
“Bold fusion?” – “Know-llage? It’s like a collage of knowledge, get it?” – “How about Design Lab? Or does that just sound like a computer program…” No, you haven’t walked into a brand-generating...
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The Camera Sometimes Lies
Image Credit: Jack Hynes (via Flickr) Three gaping bills thrust into the shallows of Lake Kerkini to trap their prey. From below, a snapshot reveals the fish-eye-view the moment before they are...
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Science Churnalism
Image Credit: Graham Holliday (via Flickr) I have to confess I always used to have a rather romanticised view of science journalism. I thought finding a good science story might involve leisurely...
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When being right is wrong
Image Credit: sweis78 (via Flickr) One of the most debated areas in the media representation of science is the coverage of climate change. Accusations of false balance, sensationalism of...
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The Science Behind YouTube | Part I
“10 tips on how to get more views!” – “Be noticed on YouTube!” – “This YouTuber says…” You don’t have to wander around social media platforms for too long before you are bombarded with advice on how to...
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The Hidden Art of Sound Design
You might not know what Foley is, but you will have witnessed it. You may have witnessed it today; you will certainly have witnessed it in the last week. The point of Foley is that you shouldn’t...
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Is Science Becoming Cool?
To delve deeper into this question, I looked at the coverage of science in Dazed and Confused, a magazine that declares itself to be at the “forefront of youth fashion and culture.” ‘Cool’ is a...
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Life After Attenborough
There is a disturbance in the waters at the BBC Natural History Unit (NHU). David Attenborough, the beloved stalwart of quality wildlife programming, is now 87 years old. Confronted by his impending...
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The Hidden Art of Sound Design | Part Two
Having established that much of the sounds we hear in television and film are manipulated in post-production, I wanted to see how far this practice is used in wildlife documentary. Chris Watson, with...
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