Katrina Wong and Raymond Nakamura, Multimedia co-editors Jen Burgess applies her background in biology and art as a freelance science illustrator based in Vancouver. We caught up with her via email to learn more about her work, how it facilitates science communication, and why it’s easy on the nose. Science Borealis: In art, written or […]
Katrina Wong and Raymond Nakamura, Multimedia co-editors Art is the Queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world – Leonardo da Vinci. Our multimedia category deals with diverse and unexpected approaches to communicating science. As the love child of science and art, “SciArt” can have an even broader […]
Robert Gooding-Townsend and Katrina Wong, Science in Society co-editors This year we celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. While this is a big moment in Canadian history, it is also a big moment for Canadian science. The history of Canada is so seamlessly intertwined with developments in science and technology that the two are practically indistinguishable. […]
Katrina Wong and Robert Gooding-Townsend, Science in Society co-editors In the forests of British Columbia, waves upon waves of trees extend through the mist. But beyond the mountain lies a clearing – a land peppered with tiny saplings, like newborn phoenixes rising out of the battered forest floor. Yet a gritty reality underlies this mythical […]
Katrina Wong and Robert Gooding-Townsend, Science in Society co-editors How can scientists make their findings freely available in a timely fashion? Why is the current method of information dissemination so bloated and outdated? How can it be fixed? Whose interests should science serve? These are the questions being raised by the Open Access movement. Simply […]
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