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Quarterly Summary: “CAP”ital Action and Effective Communication

This quarter has been a very active one for the Black Hole site, marked most notably by a tripling of site traffic in the month of March. Admittedly, most of this increased traffic was due to Budget 2010 and the … Continue reading

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Talking Science to Non-Scientists and What’s In It For You?

Piggybacking off of Dave’s last post, which detailed ways that scientists can “help further the public knowledge of, and excitement about, scientific research,” with a specific focus on disseminating academic research and communicating with government, my posting today is going … Continue reading

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Climbing up the Hill: Getting involved in Science and Society

As promised in my least work principle entry, today’s entry will try to identify relatively easy ways for science trainees and professors to help further the public knowledge of, and excitement about, scientific research. I’ll try to stick to dissemination of academic information and communicating with governments and Beth will follow up next week with getting general information out to the public (adults and kids!)… Continue reading

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The Least Work Principle and Catalysing from Complacency

This short blog entry argues that when looking at the relationship or science and society, the majority of scientists only see (and avoid) the energy barrier in front of them and fail to imagine and strive toward the products on the other side. There are of course exceptions to the rule and this article hopes to inspire such visionary thinking. It contends that the products, similar to those in a chemical reaction, will provide a state that will in their own time lead to less energy expenditure for scientists. Continue reading

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Knowledge Translation and Collaboration with Community

“Knowledge translation” is one of those buzz words you seem to hear a lot these days.  To put it briefly, it basically means getting research results to be used in “the real world.” Traditionally, academics have disseminated their research results … Continue reading

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Thoughts on the “Science to Business” Program

While looking at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s (CIHR) funding opportunities1 the other day, I came across this interesting opportunity: Science to Business: CIHR‘s Science to Business (S2B) program is designed to encourage individuals with PhDs in a health … Continue reading

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