Science Chat - S02E01: The Trolley Problem
Rhonda Rana joins me on Science Chat to talk about the Trolley Problem, consequentialism and the Doctrine of Double Effect.... really
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Science Chat - Episode 36: The PACITA project and Technology Assessment in Ireland
Science Chat talks to Paidi O'Reilly of UCC about the PACITA project and Technology Assessment in Ireland... and the recent first Irish nati...
Science Chat - Episode 35: Sciencescape, a new way to organize scientific literature
Science Chat talks to one of the founders about the aims of the Sciencescape project
Science Chat - Episode 34: 60 Second Science
Science Chat talks to Brendan O'Brien of 60 Second Science
Science Chat - Episode 33: Science Calling!
Science Chat talks to Maria Daly about her popular Irish science blog Science Calling!
Science Chat - Episode 32: ESOF 2010 retro... Would Einstein be on Twitter
Science Chat talk to Barbara Diehl about the seminar presented in ESOF 2010 exploring the potential and limits of Web 2.0 in science & scien...
Science Chat - Episode 31: Cafe Scientifique Portsmouth
Science Chat talks to Maricar Jagger about the Portsmouth chapter of the worldwide Cafe Scientifique movement
Science Chat - Episode 30: Explorers Education in the marine...
Science Chat talks with Dr John Joyce of the Marine Institute about his Explorers Education programme for primary school children
Science Chat - Episode 29: ESOF 2010 Retrospective - Science education and outreach
Science Chat talks to Joachim Dengg about his talk at ESOF 2010 entitled Crossing borders with outreach programs and educational networks: A...
Science Chat - Episode 28: Science at Absolut Fringe
Science Chat talks to scientist and actor Niamh Shaw about her Dublin Absolut Fringe festival show, That's About The Size Of It
Science Chat - Episode 27: Deadly Moons and Sketching The Moon
Science Chat talks to astronomer and artist Deirdre Kelleghan about her prize winning Deadly Moons project, and the book she's co-authored,...
Science Chat - Episode 26: ESOF 2010 Retrospective - Informing & engaging citizens on climate change issues
As part of its look-back at ESOF 2010, Science Chat talks to Bruna Valettini about a session she was involved in entitled Informing and enga...
Science Chat - Episode 25: Crowd Funding
Science Chat talks to Dr Andrea Gaggioli of the Open Genius Project, an initiative promoting crowd funding for scientific research
Science Chat - Episode 24: ESOF 2010 in retrospect part 1
Science Chat talks to Dr Don Powell of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute about a talk that he presented at ESOF 2010 in Turin
Science Chat - Episode 23: Anonymous Peer Review
Science Chat talks to Alex Bortvin about anonymous peer review
Science Chat - Episode 22: Geek Nation
Science Chat talks to Angela Saini about her new book Geek Nation
Science Chat - Episode 21: Science Spin
Science Chat talks to Sean Duke, editor of Science Spin magazine and presenter of Science Spin radio show on 103.2 Dublin City FM
Science Chat - Episode 20: Sense About Science
Science Chat talks to Julia Wilson, Communications Officer and Voice of Young Science Coordinator about the work that they do in Sense About...
Science Chat - Episode 19: Stem Cell Research in Ireland
Science Chat talks to Dr Stephen Sullivan, Director of the Irish Stem Cell Foundation
Science Chat - Episode 18: History of Science at the NMM and Royal Observatory
Science Chat talks to Rebekah Higgitt, curator for the history of science and technology at the National Maritime Museum and Royal Observato...