Thank you, Canada, for Chris Hadfield

We’ve sent hundreds of people into space already, but only one of them is Chris Hadfield: The best of Chris Hadfield on social media (This is from the Vancouver Sun) Commander Hadfield returns to Earth tonight. Hadfield, I’m sure your

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Thank you, Canada, for Chris Hadfield

We’ve sent hundreds of people into space already, but only one of them is Chris Hadfield: The best of Chris Hadfield on social media (This is from the Vancouver Sun) Commander Hadfield returns to Earth tonight. Hadfield, I’m sure your

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How to make non-scientists hate scientists and ignore science

Inspired by Brendan Leonard’s “How to Get Your New Boyfriend/Girlfriend to Hate Your Sport”. 1. Place all the blame for everyone else’s inability to understand or appreciate your work on inadequate science education. You shouldn’t have to change the way

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How to make non-scientists hate scientists and ignore science

Inspired by Brendan Leonard’s “How to Get Your New Boyfriend/Girlfriend to Hate Your Sport”. 1. Place all the blame for everyone else’s inability to understand or appreciate your work on inadequate science education. You shouldn’t have to change the way

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Another interactive data visualization

This is my second implementation of the fantastic open-source visualization widget, Exhibit, developed by some folks from my alma mater and now part of Google. This time I’m using the map and tabular views to visualize field site data for

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Another interactive data visualization

This is my second implementation of the fantastic open-source visualization widget, Exhibit, developed by some folks from my alma mater and now part of Google. This time I’m using the map and tabular views to visualize field site data for

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Gender bias in science – the links

[View the story "Gender bias in science - collected links" on Storify] Gender bias in science – collected links Collecting my favorite stories and peer-reviewed studies of gender bias in science. Please ping me at @sandramchung if you have more

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Gender bias in science – the links

[View the story "Gender bias in science - collected links" on Storify] Gender bias in science – collected links Collecting my favorite stories and peer-reviewed studies of gender bias in science. Please ping me at @sandramchung if you have more

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WTF? American childrearing edition

Profession women friends, do you remember being seduced and inspired by a picture of Licia Ronzulli in the middle of the European parliament wearing her six-week-old-daughter in a sling? No? Let me refresh your memory. Did you smile and sigh?

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WTF? American childrearing edition

Profession women friends, do you remember being seduced and inspired by a picture of Licia Ronzulli in the middle of the European parliament wearing her six-week-old-daughter in a sling? No? Let me refresh your memory. Did you smile and sigh?

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We are the seeders of collaboration clouds

This is a ScienceOnline-inspired ditty, written with the other sciosatellite leaders and Bora, Karyn and Anton in mind: We nudge the primordial specks of the universe, Atoms upon atoms Closer, closer Till gravity seizes them, draws them into intimate quarters,

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We are the seeders of collaboration clouds

This is a ScienceOnline-inspired ditty, written with the other sciosatellite leaders and Bora, Karyn and Anton in mind: We nudge the primordial specks of the universe, Atoms upon atoms Closer, closer Till gravity seizes them, draws them into intimate quarters,

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#Altecology, a call to unconference action

The rise of the unconference | Ecology is changing | What are you proposing? | How do I make my voice heard? | Get in touch A Wordle of all the tweets to the hashtag #esa2012 on Wednesday of the

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#Altecology, a call to unconference action

The rise of the unconference | Ecology is changing | What are you proposing? | How do I make my voice heard? | Get in touch A Wordle of all the tweets to the hashtag #esa2012 on Wednesday of the

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There goes the ‘manly’ man – and maybe all the rest, too?

I read a lot of articles about persistent gender bias in corporate leadership, in academic science, in elementary school classrooms. But I’m also reading more and more stories about the tables truly turning, in some cases not from imploding stereotypes

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There goes the ‘manly’ man – and maybe all the rest, too?

I read a lot of articles about persistent gender bias in corporate leadership, in academic science, in elementary school classrooms. But I’m also reading more and more stories about the tables truly turning, in some cases not from imploding stereotypes

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Managing social media accounts for public or private organizations. Part I: Must Know

#ESA2012 social media workshop from Sandra Chung I promised the attendees of my ESA 2012 Portland workshop that I’d address social media management on behalf of institutions/organizations. Here it is. This is version 1.0, so please comment if you have

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Managing social media accounts for public or private organizations. Part I: Must Know

#ESA2012 social media workshop from Sandra Chung I promised the attendees of my ESA 2012 Portland workshop that I’d address social media management on behalf of institutions/organizations. Here it is. This is version 1.0, so please comment if you have

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How do you respond to the charge that something is “dumbed down”?

As a science communicator and ex-science teacher, the most common criticism I hear from academic scientists about my work is that it’s “dumbed down.” I just read the same phrase in this fascinating but infuriating account in PLoS ONE of

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How do you respond to the charge that something is “dumbed down”?

As a science communicator and ex-science teacher, the most common criticism I hear from academic scientists about my work is that it’s “dumbed down.” I just read the same phrase in this fascinating but infuriating account in PLoS ONE of

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