Science Chat
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 7 years ago - ★ - 1 ratingInterviews and discussions about how science subjects are communicated in the media. No subject too controversial!
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Science Chat - S02E01: The Trolley Problem
January 28, 2017 00:00 - 19 minutes - 33.7 MBRhonda Rana joins me on Science Chat to talk about the Trolley Problem, consequentialism and the Doctrine of Double Effect.... really
Science Chat - Episode 36: The PACITA project and Technology Assessment in Ireland
May 14, 2012 19:23 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBScience Chat talks to Paidi O'Reilly of UCC about the PACITA project and Technology Assessment in Ireland... and the recent first Irish national PACITA workshop
Science Chat - Episode 35: Sciencescape, a new way to organize scientific literature
April 22, 2012 21:36 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBScience Chat talks to one of the founders about the aims of the Sciencescape project
Science Chat - Episode 34: 60 Second Science
March 31, 2012 19:02 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBScience Chat talks to Brendan O'Brien of 60 Second Science
Science Chat - Episode 33: Science Calling!
February 28, 2012 22:06 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBScience Chat talks to Maria Daly about her popular Irish science blog Science Calling!
Science Chat - Episode 32: ESOF 2010 retro... Would Einstein be on Twitter
February 11, 2012 17:25 - 15 minutes - 13.7 MBScience Chat talk to Barbara Diehl about the seminar presented in ESOF 2010 exploring the potential and limits of Web 2.0 in science & science communication
Science Chat - Episode 31: Cafe Scientifique Portsmouth
January 13, 2012 19:20 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBScience Chat talks to Maricar Jagger about the Portsmouth chapter of the worldwide Cafe Scientifique movement
Science Chat - Episode 30: Explorers Education in the marine...
December 01, 2011 20:24 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBScience Chat talks with Dr John Joyce of the Marine Institute about his Explorers Education programme for primary school children
Science Chat - Episode 29: ESOF 2010 Retrospective - Science education and outreach
October 17, 2011 19:53 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBScience Chat talks to Joachim Dengg about his talk at ESOF 2010 entitled Crossing borders with outreach programs and educational networks: A research institute's novel and daring approach to science education
Science Chat - Episode 28: Science at Absolut Fringe
September 16, 2011 17:29 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBScience Chat talks to scientist and actor Niamh Shaw about her Dublin Absolut Fringe festival show, That's About The Size Of It
Science Chat - Episode 27: Deadly Moons and Sketching The Moon
September 08, 2011 19:45 - 26 minutes - 24 MBScience Chat talks to astronomer and artist Deirdre Kelleghan about her prize winning Deadly Moons project, and the book she's co-authored, Sketching The Moon
Science Chat - Episode 26: ESOF 2010 Retrospective - Informing & engaging citizens on climate change issues
September 02, 2011 17:57 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBAs part of its look-back at ESOF 2010, Science Chat talks to Bruna Valettini about a session she was involved in entitled Informing and engaging citizens on climate change issues
Science Chat - Episode 25: Crowd Funding
August 10, 2011 19:44 - 15 minutes - 14 MBScience Chat talks to Dr Andrea Gaggioli of the Open Genius Project, an initiative promoting crowd funding for scientific research
Science Chat - Episode 24: ESOF 2010 in retrospect part 1
July 27, 2011 09:34 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBScience Chat talks to Dr Don Powell of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute about a talk that he presented at ESOF 2010 in Turin
Science Chat - Episode 23: Anonymous Peer Review
June 09, 2011 19:35 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBScience Chat talks to Alex Bortvin about anonymous peer review
Science Chat - Episode 22: Geek Nation
May 06, 2011 21:55 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBScience Chat talks to Angela Saini about her new book Geek Nation
Science Chat - Episode 21: Science Spin
April 12, 2011 19:55 - 21 minutes - 19.2 MBScience Chat talks to Sean Duke, editor of Science Spin magazine and presenter of Science Spin radio show on 103.2 Dublin City FM
Science Chat - Episode 20: Sense About Science
February 09, 2011 21:02 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBScience Chat talks to Julia Wilson, Communications Officer and Voice of Young Science Coordinator about the work that they do in Sense About Science
Science Chat - Episode 19: Stem Cell Research in Ireland
December 02, 2010 17:35 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBScience Chat talks to Dr Stephen Sullivan, Director of the Irish Stem Cell Foundation
Science Chat - Episode 18: History of Science at the NMM and Royal Observatory
November 16, 2010 23:17 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBScience Chat talks to Rebekah Higgitt, curator for the history of science and technology at the National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory
Science Chat - Episode 17: ESOF Dublin City of Science 2012
November 04, 2010 19:51 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBScience Chat talks to David Fahy, Director of ESOF Dublin City of Science 2012 about the City of Science coming to Dublin in 2012
Science Chat - Episode 16: STEM and the Leaving Certificate Results
September 02, 2010 08:50 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBScience Chat talks to Michelle Dunne, chemistry teacher in St Joseph's College in Lucan, Dublin about the recent Leaving Certificate results and STEM
Science Chat - Episode 15: Science Journalism and Libel
August 08, 2010 21:58 - 27 minutes - 25 MBScience Chat talks to Brian Trench, academic, researcher and former journalist about libel and how it affects science journalism
Science Chat - Episode 14: Science, the movies, TV and murder by Physics
May 20, 2010 20:43 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBScience Chat talks to Jennifer Ouellette, director at the Science and Entertainment Exchange about their work with TV and film producers, and how Physics can be used to murder someone
Science Chat - Episode 13: Hacked E-mails and the Climate War
May 06, 2010 19:55 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBScience Chat talks to Guardian columnist Fred Pearce about his 12 part special investigation into the hacked e-mails from the Climate Research Unit
Science Chat - Episode 12: Baroness Greenfield & The Royal Institution
April 28, 2010 19:13 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBScience Chat talks to journalist Sue Blackmore about the controversial move by the Royal Institution earlier this year to make Baroness Susan Greenfield redundant
Science Chat - Episode 11: Dublin's Science Gallery
March 29, 2010 23:26 - 13 minutes - 9.18 MBScience Chat talks to Lynn Scarff of Dublin's Science Gallery which has been nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award 2010
Science Chat - Episode 10: ten23 and homeopathy
March 17, 2010 18:52 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBScience Chat talks to layscience.net's Martin Robbins and homeopath Sheelagh Behan about their quite different views on ten23 and the recent report from the UK Science and Technology Select Committee on homeopathy
Science Chat - Episode 9: I'm a Scientist Event 2010
February 10, 2010 11:26 - 11 minutes - 8.02 MBScience Chat talks to Sophia Collins from I'm a Scientist about her role in I'm a Scientist and the upcoming I'm a Scientist event.
Science Chat - Episode 8: Communicating Climate Change
January 17, 2010 11:17 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBScience Chat looks at the communication of climate change and global warming with Professor Colin O'Dowd of the Environmental Change Institute in NUIG
Science Chat - Episode 7: Science & Comedy
December 10, 2009 08:19 - 24 minutes - 17 MBScience Chat looks at the potential of comedy as a means of science communication with science comedian Brian Malow.
Science Chat - Episode 6: Science Education (cont.)
November 30, 2009 08:43 - 11 minutes - 8.06 MBA final look at some science education (for a while), this time in Canada with Hana Kucera from the University of New Brunswick.
Science Chat - Episode 5: Science Education
November 15, 2009 23:11 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBScience Chat looks at formal and informal extra curricular science education in Ireland with science communicator Ellen Byrne and Colm O'Reilly, director of CTYI
Science Chat - Episode 4: More on Science Literacy
October 27, 2009 20:42 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBScience Chat looks at science literacy in Ireland and Irish newspaper reporting of science with UCC Public Awareness of Science Officer, Professor William Reville
Science Chat - Episode 3: Science Literacy & Citizen Involvement
October 15, 2009 19:38 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBScience Chat looks at science literacy and citizen involvement in science with the Science Cheerleader, Darlene Cavalier
Science Chat - Episode 2: Creation in the US
September 27, 2009 20:43 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBScience Chat looks at the controversy surrounding the Darwin film in the US with contribution from Prof. Helena Sheehan, DCU.
Science Chat - Episode 1
September 10, 2009 17:28 - 34 minutes - 24 MBCommunication of stem cell research; use of beauty for science communication; the science behind chiropractic treatment, and its communication.