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Which science podcasts do you listen to? (1 reply)

Marc West — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:04:52 -0000

On the back of the “which science blogs do you read”, and Matt’s blog post, I thought I’d ask which science podcasts were popular. I’m always on the lookout for new, and different, podcasts on a range of science topics. To kick it off, here is the list of those that I listen (or contribute) to:

Plus Podcasts – Maths on the Move – a mathematics based podcast for all ages

Mr Science Show – regularly updated podcast on a range of science topics

The Beer Drinking Scientists – The big science topics tackled over a beer

Diffusion Science Radio – general science in a magazine style

Science Talk Australia – Talking with Australian Scientists about breaking science topics

You can search for these in itunes, or add directly from the sites (they all have subscription links on them)

London bloggers meet-up (10 replies)

Matt Brown — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:27:03 -0000

I’m going to try and get along to this event – share a few tales with other bloggers. Anyone interested? I think it’s fairly small scale, but those things are often the most rewarding.

When: Tuesday, November 27, 2007, 7:00 PM
Where: The Camel and Artichoke, Waterloo SE1 7AE
What: Bloggers meet up in a pub and talk about blogging.

Ten reasons why blogging every day is a BAD thing (16 replies)

Matt Brown — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:14:11 -0000

http://www.mpdailyfix.com/2006/06/w_why_blog_post_frequency_does.html

Anyone care to disagree?

Got a geeky lab t-shirt? (4 replies)

Hsien-Hsien Lei — Wed, 16 May 2007 08:21:51 -0000

Hi everyone! I’m looking for geeky lab t-shirts to feature on EyeOnDNA.com. If you’ve got one to share, please email me at hsien@eyeondna.com. I’d love to feature you!

Thank you.

Proper use of images in blogs? (6 replies)

Cesar Sanchez — Tue, 15 May 2007 08:47:57 -0000

Hi, everybody. I live “around London”, where “around” is understood as “in a country around”. I’m starting a blog, so I thought I might join the group (if you don’t mind).

As a beginner, I have some questions. I’m concerned about the proper use of images or figures taken from the web.

1) In the best cases, a web site clearly states that you can use the image in your blog/page for non-profit use, by mentioning the source/author/credits. Can you recommend websites with collections of this class of public images? Do you prefer to insert the image as a link to the source, or save and upload the image?

2) What about the rest of cases? Should I ask for credit every time I want to use an image? (I mean for non-profit, educational use or scientific discussion) What about images from websites of:

- Private organizations or individuals

- Organizations funded with public money (government, ministries, national agencies, educational sites)

- Scientific societies

- Scientific journals. You probably have known about a recent polemic on the use of a figure in a blog (summarized here or there). Can we understand that anybody can use any figure from a scientific paper in a blog? (as long as it is for “fair use”)

Which science blogs do you read? (36 replies)

Matt Brown — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:00:36 -0000

Thought I’d kick-start this forum with an obvious but potentially useful thread.

We all know about Seed’s ScienceBlogs. And, of course, Nature Network. But what else out there is worth reading?