Amanda - Talk Science To Me https://www.talksciencetome.com When science has a story Mon, 01 May 2023 19:47:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.talksciencetome.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-tsm-logo-512-32x32.png Amanda - Talk Science To Me https://www.talksciencetome.com 32 32 159279938 Tantrik Studies https://www.talksciencetome.com/2019/03/09/tantrik-studies-2/ Sun, 10 Mar 2019 03:30:20 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?post_type=project&p=700 There’s something to be said about reading a text in its original language, to glean the intimate context of the author and the audience they intended to reach. That’s why when long-time client Christopher Wallis, author of Tantra Illuminated and The Recognition Sutras, asked us to design him a website where he could blog in… Read More »Tantrik Studies

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]]> 700 Reflecting Self https://www.talksciencetome.com/2017/03/07/reflecting-self/ Tue, 07 Mar 2017 20:37:00 +0000 https://www.talksciencetome.com/?p=787 Selfies. Definitely notorious in the digital world. Who hasn’t wrinkled up their nose in disgust at a friend’s shameless self-promotion or puckered up a duck face for the camera? Or maybe selfies power your voyage of exploration for personal acceptance, understanding and confidence. Universally reviled, or defended as an act of self-expression. A moment of attention-grabbing… Read More »Reflecting Self

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]]> 787 Death of the stethoscope? https://www.talksciencetome.com/2017/02/27/death-of-the-stethoscope-2/ Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:22:20 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=3549 It’s not just zombies that rise from the dead—science news stories can also come back to haunt the reader. Take “Death of the stethoscope,” which surfaced in my RSS feed in the middle of 2015. As a former stethoscope user, the clickbait headline immediately intrigued me. No stethoscope? How would clinicians survive? Historical First off:… Read More »Death of the stethoscope?

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]]> 3549 Tantrik Studies https://www.talksciencetome.com/2017/02/26/tantrik-studies/ Sun, 26 Feb 2017 20:22:00 +0000 https://www.talksciencetome.com/?p=777 There’s something to be said about reading a text in its original language, to glean the intimate context of the author and the audience they intended to reach. That’s why when long-time client Christopher Wallis, author of Tantra Illuminated and The Recognition Sutras, asked us to design him a website where he could blog in… Read More »Tantrik Studies

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]]> 777 Fear of Brave New Worlds, or Uninspired Headline Writing? https://www.talksciencetome.com/2017/02/21/fear-of-brave-new-worlds-or-uninspired-headline-writing/ Tue, 21 Feb 2017 21:18:00 +0000 https://www.talksciencetome.com/?p=807 Summer 2016 marked the 85th anniversary of novelist Aldous Huxley completing his manuscript for Brave New World. The widely read novel, a dystopia of happiness-led oppression (in contrast to the fear-controlled populace in Orwell’s 1984), anticipates global adoption of advances in science and technology such as subliminal learning and reproductive medicine. Published in 1932, the book is still a… Read More »Fear of Brave New Worlds, or Uninspired Headline Writing?

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]]> 807 Around town: Operation Med School https://www.talksciencetome.com/2017/02/15/around-town-operation-med-school-2/ Wed, 15 Feb 2017 22:21:35 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=3660 This one’s for you if you have a high school student around the house who is thinking that med school could be a good option for post-secondary. A group of enterprising Grade 11 and 12 students is putting on a one-day pre-medical conference for high school peers. Run as an annual event, Operation Med School… Read More »Around town: Operation Med School

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]]> 3660 In case you were wondering: HeroRATs https://www.talksciencetome.com/2017/02/10/case-wondering-herorats/ Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:16:23 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=3641 We first squealed with delight over the APOPO HeroRATs in a cool science gifts post waaaaaay back in November 2014. Always on the lookout for science treasures, we couldn’t help but introduce the amazing impact the rats’ olfactory abilities were making in mine detection and tuberculosis screening in Africa. Oh, and the cute! Valentine’s Day… Read More »In case you were wondering: HeroRATs

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]]> 3641 Client showcase: Shelly DeForte, biomathematician https://www.talksciencetome.com/2016/12/09/client-showcase-shelly-deforte-biomathematician/ Fri, 09 Dec 2016 17:57:43 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=3542 As a full-service science communications agency staffed with editors, designers, writers and more, Talk Science to Me takes great pride in supporting all our clients by presenting their science in effective and engaging ways. Although most of our portfolio comprises larger organizations and institutions, we also work with individual authors and researchers to manage their… Read More »Client showcase: Shelly DeForte, biomathematician

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]]> 3542 In case you were wondering, part II https://www.talksciencetome.com/2016/11/24/case-wondering-part-ii/ Thu, 24 Nov 2016 21:18:43 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=3385 What’s the helium situation? …and other updates on stories we covered last year. Helium Although we’re still not comfortable with the frivolous use of helium gas in party balloons, a recent discovery certainly gives MRI fans, astronauts and the boffins at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, reason to celebrate. At the end of… Read More »In case you were wondering, part II

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