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New York Beyond a Trend: Enhancing Science Communication with Social Media Hosted by: American Museum of Natural History Category: Education & Learning Location: American Museum of Natural History Thursday, February 16 at 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Add to Calendar As a communications tool, social media is an undeniably effective way to enhance your message. But within the science realm, top communicators – both academic and professional – strive to use social media for something greater: to engage the public in a conversation about science. Never before has it been so easy for researchers, public information officers, educators, students, and journalists to talk directly to the public about the benefits, limits, and implications of scientific knowledge. Social media not only makes these meaningful conversations possible, ... Continue reading →

1 February 2012 Last updated at 13:09 ET Super volcanoes 'may be predicted' By Neil Bowdler Science and Health reporter, BBC News An artist's impression of multiple eruptions as a "super volcano" explodes. The new research suggests we may be able to predict such events decades earlier The eruption of some of the largest volcanoes on the planet could be predicted several decades before the event, according to researchers. Analysis of rock crystals from the Greek island of Santorini suggests eruptions are preceded by a fast build-up of magma underground, which might be detected using modern instrumentation. Such volcanoes can produce enough ash and gas to temporarily change the global climate. The research is in the journal Nature. Volcanologists refer to history's largest volcanoes as ... Continue reading →

31 January 2012 Last updated at 23:29 ET Science decodes 'internal voices' By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News The studies focused on a part of the brain associated with sounds called the superior temporal gyrus Researchers have demonstrated a striking method to reconstruct words, based on the brain waves of patients thinking of those words. The technique reported in PLoS Biology relies on gathering electrical signals directly from patients' brains. Based on signals from listening patients, a computer model was used to reconstruct the sounds of words that patients were thinking of. The method may in future help comatose and locked-in patients communicate. Several approaches have in recent years suggested that scientists are closing in on methods to tap into our very ... Continue reading →

In a sharp answer to Amazon and its expanding publishing efforts, Barnes & Noble said on Tuesday that it would not sell books released by Amazon Publishing in its bookstores. The ban includes books released by New Harvest, a new imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt that recently struck a deal to publish and distribute books released by Amazon Publishing’s unit based in New York. “Barnes & Noble has made a decision not to stock Amazon published titles in our store showrooms,” Jaime Carey, the company’s chief merchandising officer, said in a statement. “Our decision is based on Amazon’s continued push for exclusivity with publishers, agents and the authors they represent. These exclusives have prohibited us from offering certain e-books to our customers. Their actions have ... Continue reading →

Living online after death faces Nebraska legal battle Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. 30 January 2012 Last updated at 21:46 ET Help Continue reading →

Tired of living life only in the digital sphere, designers in Chicago founded Post Family, an designer collective and "family" of friends that that values hands-on creativity. After their busy digital days at work, they share an industrial space in the outskirts of Chicago, where they work with their hands. The analogue experience of letterpress, screen-printing and woodworking provides a welcome break from the digital designing they do at their day jobs. At the same time, members of the Post Family say the two experiences are more alike than they are different. Being able to work in both worlds, they believe, makes the members of the group stronger designers overall. "We believe that digital design itself is craft. A web site is crafted. Having your ... Continue reading →