Yesterday, at #ijcai, Micheal Wooldridge gave a talk about "How to Speak to the Public about Artificial Intelligence". Good talk, interesting stories and very funny.

Morality: "if you don't inform the public about AI, then someone who knows even less than you will."

Keep in mind that this is addressed to a public of people having or pursing a PhD in the field.

#popsci #popularisation #ai #ijcai23

"How to see what’s happening on Mastodon without creating an account"

https://www.popsci.com/diy/mastodon-social-rss/

#popsci #mastodon #fediverse #allheimen #NorskTut

Currently reading another book on quantum physics that I can’t recommend to my father because it’s full of references to memes that he won’t get, and will find either silly or confusing. Not the first time.

Something to consider when you are writing a pop sci book and you are trying to make it accessible to all.

This needs hashtags, any suggestions?
#PopSci #ScienceComm #Writing

"The best science writing can capture the hearts and minds of the public, but it must be true to the evidence and the scientific process."

https://undark.org/2023/05/25/where-the-wood-wide-web-narrative-went-wrong/

#Science #PopSci #Trees #News #Fungi #Journalism

The idea of the Wood Wide Web - that trees communicate with each other via a network of symbiotic fungi in their roots - has become increasingly popular over the last few years. But turns out it might be entirely false.

A fascinating read by some of the very people who helped spread that idea in the first place. Now this is science.

https://undark.org/2023/05/25/where-the-wood-wide-web-narrative-went-wrong/

#science #SciEd #PopScience #WoodWideWeb #fungi #popsci

Why don’t poisonous frogs poison themselves?

https://www.popsci.com/environment/poisonous-amphibians-survival-toxin/

#popsci

The paperback edition of my book, Sticky (the one with the gecko on the cover) is now available in the US! It's currently just $16.74 from Bookshop.org, which is cheaper than Amazon! https://bookshop.org/p/books/sticky-the-secret-science-of-surfaces-laurie-winkless/18407051?ean=9781472950857 #books #BookReview #science #scicomm #popsci #physics

Hot off the (digital) press, a paper detailing how many of us view communal/common #mycorrhizal networks and the issues caused by #popsci writing. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-01986-1

#ecology #Evolution #Forests #Soil #CMNs

Sally Adee is a science and technology journalist with a long history of "how human minds and bodies intersect with the machines we create". In 2012 she wrote a feature story on bioelectricity technology that Yuval Noah Harari cites in his excellent book Homo Deus. So she's been interested in the topic of bioelectricity for quite some time...

Read more of my review of Adee's upcoming book (will be released on Feb. 28) on my blog - https://www.stevesbookstuff.com/2023/01/arc-review-we-are-electric-inside-200.html

#bookstodon #popsci #nonfiction

Sally Adee is a science and technology journalist with a long history of "how human minds and bodies intersect with the machines we create". In 2012 she wrote a feature story on bioelectricity technology that Yuval Noah Harari cites in his excellent book Homo Deus. So she's been interested in the topic of bioelectricity for quite some time...

Read more of my review of Adee's upcoming book (will be released on Feb. 28) on my blog .

#bookstodon #popsci #nonfiction
https://www.stevesbookstuff.com/2023/01/arc-review-we-are-electric-inside-200.html

Un peu de #vulgarisationscientifique dans la #BD #XIII c1984 par rapport à la #linguistique: "une #aphasie mentale" pour faire référence à la perte de mémoire au lieu de la perte de faculté langagière. Dans ce cas, le personnage peut bien s'exprimer et bien comprendre les autres.

#bandesdessinées #psycholinguistique #neurolinguistique #vulgarisation #popsci #popscience #popularscience

The #book is less Victorian history of science than the blurb had led me to expect; and more ecology, zoology, and reportage on meetings with captive caracaras, with a beautiful travelogue section on a journey to seek out caracaras in the rainforest. If you’re interested in animal intelligence — especially bird intelligence (As I am, having written some dinosaur POV sections for an unpublished manuscript!) — _Most Remarkable Creature_ is a beautiful, stirring read. (2/2)

#DecRecs #popsci #birds

The 100 greatest innovations of 2022

The 35th annual Best of What's New awards.

https://www.popsci.com/technology/best-of-whats-new-2022/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter #popsci #technology #whatsnew

Let's take a look at some new #popsci books from last week and this week. Available in time for some gift giving!

From last week, we see Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke.

https://amzn.to/3BcxALO

Let's take a look at some new #popsci books from last week and this week. Available in time for gift giving!

From last week, we see Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke.

https://amzn.to/3BcxALO
#books #science

Interesting #eBike article from #PopSci, but, is it just me or are they leaning a little heavy on Bosch for their talking points? https://www.popsci.com/technology/e-bikes-future-city-centers/

Interesting #eBike article from #PopSci, but, is it just me or are they leaning a little heavy on Bosch for their talking points? https://www.popsci.com/technology/e-bikes-future-city-centers/

#7Books - #popsci edition

Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
Black Holes and Time Warps - Kip Thorne
From Eternity to Here - Sean Carrol
The Knowledge Illusion - Steven Sloman & Philip Fernbach
Blank Slate - Steven Pinker
Physics of the Future - Michio Kaku
Centauri Dreams - Paul Gilster

RT @StarkeyStardust@twitter.com

If you're looking for Christmas gifts then @BloomsburyBooks@twitter.com have a sale and for your science-minded friends my #popsci books are currently cheaper than Amazon 🚀🌋

This one is about #SpaceVolcanoes and my other one is about comets and asteroids...

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/fire-and-ice-9781472960368/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/StarkeyStardust/status/1596088867395870720

If you're looking for #ChristmasGifts then Bloomsbury currently have a sale and for your science-minded friends my #PopSci books are currently cheaper than Amazon!

Fire & Ice is about #SpaceVolcanoes
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/fire-and-ice-9781472960368/

and my other book, Catching Stardust, is about #comets and #asteroids
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/catching-stardust-9781472944009/#