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The Science News Cycle, as seen by PhD Comics. (It’s so true!!)
>> Latest on the Simon Singh case is that he has until 8 June to appeal the High Court verdict and carry on fighting, possibly to the European Courts. A support event was held on the 18 May in a London pub, with several hundred attending and talks from several key people, and even Dave Gorman. A video of the event can be seen here.
>> Darwinius/Ida — the most overhyped science story of the year? Times; Guardian; Nature; New Scientist; and almost every news story link collected by PLoS.
>> Why we stare, even when we don’t want to. Wired Science
>> The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills has launched a set of expert meeting groups on Science and Society in the UK, including one on Science and the Media, chaired by Science Media Centre Director Fiona Fox.
>> Huge audiences for science talks are a positive indication of the flourishing and lively constituency of interest in the subject. Guardian
>> Current Imperial SciCom student Chloé Sharrocks is doing an excellent series of posts on the science of London transport for Nature Networks. Tube Science. Bus Science
>> Helen Thomson, New Scientist Careers Editor and ex-Imperial SciCommer, interviews comedian and ex-physicist Dara O’Briain. New Scientist
>> Everyone’s favourite science communication lecturer, Gareth Mitchell, prominently mentioned in Bill Thompson’s piece on change and the Internet. BBC Online
>> Richard Dawkins is more persuasive when he refrains from God-bashing. Guardian
>> The iPhone – the new journalism tool essential? Guardian
>> Celebrity-based science and the decline of journalism. Nature Networks
And finally
>> The science of orgasm. BoingBoing
