Tag: Science
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Science Summaries
Just a very inarticulate articulation of a (possibly) very bad idea!
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The L’Aquila prosecutions; a dangerous precedent?
In a landmark legal case in Italy yesterday, six scientists and one politician were convicted and sentenced for manslaughter charges. Benjamin Brooks looks at the case and what precedents it might set. (Originally written for The Graduate Times)
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“A Volcano… in Somerset”
In which I tear into a 2011 science article…
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Home Again – Dispatches from Montana 3 (The Photo Edition)
Some photographs from my recent trip to the Museum of the Rockies’ Field Camp in Rudyard, Montana.
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A Cloudy Conundrum…
What percentage of cloud condensation nuclei consist of biological elements? A facinating question but apparently nobody knows the answer…
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A rare summer find in Lyme Regis
A post following the events surrounding the recent discovery of an (as yet unidentified) Ichthyosaur fossil found in the landslip to the east of Lyme Regis in August 2011.
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Re-blogging: Active, Passive, Poppycock (via Speech and Science)
Seeing as I’ve just completed degree module that has required me to write “actively” despite three years of marks deductions for doing just that! And also given the amount of complaining I’ve been making regarding that very point at uni, and the fact that at least one or two of my lecturers read the occasional…
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On what museums are doing wrong
An essay questioning the modern management and educational practices at modern natural history museums. Entered into the Science3.0 Blogging contest (GLAM; December 2010).
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An Essay On: The Fossil Record
An essay on the subject of the Fossil Record and to counter the “no transitional forms” argument from a different angle from the usual.
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Science Is Vital: a Letter to my MP
Further to my blog-post “Vince Cable: Respectfully, You’re Wrong.” wherein I made my case for science and had a bit of a rant I’ve written to Caroline Nokes; my local MP, through the website http://www.writetothem.com
Benjamin David Brooks 