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Reporting Science

Reporting Science. Thomas Abraham. http:// www.pewresearch.org /quiz/science-knowledge/. Asking the big questions…. Where do we live?. Composite image of middle of our galaxy from Hubble , Spitzer telescopes and Chandra X ray observatory www.hubblesite.org.

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Reporting Science

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  1. Reporting Science Thomas Abraham

  2. http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/science-knowledge/

  3. Asking the big questions… Where do we live? Composite image of middle of our galaxy from Hubble , Spitzer telescopes and Chandra X ray observatory www.hubblesite.org

  4. Source: Christopher R Scotese, Paleomap project

  5. Map: Christopher R Scotese

  6. Map: Christopher R Scotese

  7. Where are we going? Are we alone? Image from the Hubble telescope: www.hubblesite.org

  8. Where will we live? Santa Maria Crater, Mars. Photo taken by Nasa’s Mars exploration vehicle. Dec, 2010

  9. A Hawkings’ eye view of humanity • “The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting around a very average star in the outer suburb of one among a hundred billion galaxies”

  10. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/24/tech-tycoons-asteroid-mining-venturehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/24/tech-tycoons-asteroid-mining-venture

  11. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

  12. http://www.virgingalactic.com/

  13. Where did we come from…..and where are we going?

  14. The first day of creation began on the night preceding October 23, 4004 BC James Ussher, Bishop of Armagh, Ireland. 1581-1656

  15. What was actually happening between 4000-5000BC? • Human beings learned to grow crops and settled down in settled communities • Rice began to be cultivated in China • The wheel was developed in India • Humans had learned to brew beer http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/creationist-congress-early-earth_n_2234540.html

  16. It was assumed that all species were created in one instant… Archeopetryx fossil

  17. Evolution through natural selection Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

  18. The Voyage of HMS Beagle- 1831-1836

  19. Where did life come from? • Supernatural origins? • Extraterrestrial origins? • Some sort of process whereby the basic chemicals present in the primitive earth became self replicating, evolving systems? • http://www.scifac.hku.hk/kwok/

  20. Genetics and re-engineering humans? http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/craig_venter_unveils_synthetic_life.html

  21. Science is about fundamental human questions • Who we are • What we are becoming • Where we are going • Good science writing needs to connect to these broader themes

  22. Some of the things we are going to look at during the course • Climate Change • Artificial intelligence • Nano technology

  23. Reporting Science-the mainstream media • http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html • http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/ • http://www.guardian.co.uk/science • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science_and_environment/

  24. Scientists who blog • http://scienceblogs.com/ • http://www.virology.ws/

  25. News sections of scientific journals • http://www.sciencemag.org/ • http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html

  26. Popular science magazines • http://discovermagazine.com/ • http://www.scientificamerican.com/ • http://www.newscientist.com/ • http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/

  27. A new wave of science journalism • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/science/ • http://www.wired.com/ • http://www.joncohen.org/Jon_Cohen/Bio.html • http://flavors.me/edyong#

  28. Science and development • http://www.scidev.net/en/

  29. About science writing • Good stories need to connect to broader themes • Explain the science • What theories are being tested? What are the prevailing theories? • What experiments are being used to test the theory? • To do this, you need to understand some of the science

  30. Course work • One feature length science story ( 1,500-2,000 words) on the work of a scientist in Hong Kong ? • Every class, each one of you will talk about the latest stories in one of the following: Nature, Science, Discover, Scientific American, New Scientist, Wired, Huffington Post • Write a paragraph or two,and I will post it on our blog • Read MichioKakubook

  31. Your feature • It should be interesting. I should want to read it…. • Good stories need human beings, doing things, saying things, thinking things • Scientific concepts are abstract; science stories need to make these come alive

  32. Understanding the science • Talk to the scientist..ask them to explain in lay terms • Read: you might find high school text books useful.

  33. Homework • Do the assigned readings • Think about your feature- pitch a story • One person lead discussion for next class

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