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Illumining Hong Kong’s light pollution

March 22, 2013by Cath Leave a comment

Thanks for putting up with us as while our blog has been on hiatus these past two months! Char and I were settling into a new environment and we’re now […]

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Posts by Cath, Science
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What is science to you?

September 30, 2012by Cath Leave a comment

Here’s a quick round up of the news coverage I came across last week on the public perception of science: Why is science important? –a film by Alom Shaha Alom Shaha, […]

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Inspiration from CSWA2012

June 7, 2012by Cath Leave a comment

Now that I’m back from this year’s general conference of the Canadian Science Writers’ Association (CSWA), here’s a post reflecting on my experiences from these past few days in Windsor, […]

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Nice People May Finish Last, But…

October 18, 2011by Char Leave a comment

There are a series of commercials that have caught my attention lately and I agree with them quite a bit. They are the advertisements from People for Good. I’m sure […]

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Opinions/Commentary, Posts by Char, Science
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TED talk: 5 ways to listen better

September 12, 2011by Cath Leave a comment

In a passionate talk, Julian Treasure argues that we as a society are losing our ability to listen accurately. Conscious listening, as Julian defines it, is making meaning from sounds […]

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Basal Science (BS) Clarifed began in 2011 with the aim of generating interest and discussion of various science fields --from social to physical science.

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  • Fun with Random Thoughts, and MSDS

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Cath
is a freelance science writer who holds a master's degree in Materials Science and Engineering.
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Cath’s Twitter Update

  • Lots of helpful pointers from @annfriedman on How to keep coming up with ideas for a weekly opinion column bit.ly/10VIpah #writing 1 day ago
  • Fun & informative post- what bras can teach you abt making good conference posters: bit.ly/ZfHAOu via @DoctorZen #scicomm #design 1 day ago
  • V. true-neg studies can be just as valuable as pos ones. Critical #sci #journalism via @LM_Campbell @guardiansciblog guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2… 3 days ago
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Char
recently obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering and is currently working as a Post Doctoral Fellow in the same field.
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Char’s Twitter Update

  • Wow that is cool 1.9 bn yrs old fossil of microbes eating other microbes as view under an electron microscope microscopy-analysis.com/news/electron-… 2 weeks ago
  • "Scientific discovery is not valuable unless it has commercial value," -- John McDougall wow.. what a statement! Demise of CDN Research 2 weeks ago
  • RT @laripley: sign the petition to drop felony charges against #kierawilmot for a science experiment that hurt nobody. http://t.co/CsxAKLP… 3 weeks ago
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