science reporting - Talk Science To Me https://www.talksciencetome.com When science has a story Fri, 28 Apr 2023 21:23:41 +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 science reporting - Talk Science To Me https://www.talksciencetome.com 32 32 159279938 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 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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]]> 3385 Boo! Zombies are real! https://www.talksciencetome.com/2016/10/31/boo-zombies-real/ Mon, 31 Oct 2016 17:16:13 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=3519 With Halloween just around the corner, how about a little creepy science for the season? Zombies are real. Yes, you read that one right. The undead do exist, and not just in fiction…but maybe I should clarify before you dive right back behind the sofa. Relax; it’s not a whole-body reanimated dead-to-alive apocalypse, just a… Read More »Boo! Zombies are real!

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]]> 3519 Halley’s comet, impending doom and communicating science https://www.talksciencetome.com/2016/05/17/halleys-comet-impending-doom-communicating-science/ Tue, 17 May 2016 20:15:22 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=3257 On May 18, 1910, Halley’s comet made its closest recorded contact (0.15 astronomical units,* or approximately 23 million kilometres) with our planet, and the Earth passed through its tail. The event was full of scientific excitement and wonder, since photographic plates and spectroscopy were newly available to researchers. With these new tools, astronomers and the public… Read More »Halley’s comet, impending doom and communicating science

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]]> 3257 Be careful what you read—Ebola https://www.talksciencetome.com/2014/10/17/wip-ebola-virus-post/ Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:22:30 +0000 https://www.tstmarchive.talksciencetome.com/?p=1874 I don’t often share quotes as a tweet or Facebook status, preferring to give real-time life updates, share interesting articles I’ve read about social media marketing or science, and of course post pictures of cats—but once in a while, a quote makes sense. Time and place, people—time and place. The quote “Think before you speak. Read… Read More »Be careful what you read—Ebola

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