Bending Misconceptions With Her Mind
Feel free to watch it - because I'm not going to. It's too late at night, I've just finished the first of three very long conference days... and I'm too shy. But I did get a wonderful surprise: So, maybe it's not so bad a talk after all! Thank you again, Luke Copley, my coach, and all the TEDxPerth-ers! Enjoy, and please do follow along on the #ASC14 Tweet stream (or check out the Storifies!) if you're interested in science communication and one of the biggest events yet in … [Read more...]
Guess who was so busy doing her list of "do these" for podcasts that she left her toothbrush and assorted toothbrush-y things at home? And my nice formal shoes. Damnit. Hmph. Nothing is open at 6am on a Sunday, so I did two things: Brought a strawberry cupcake covered in glitter: Then I checked out the ASC venue and got to meet all the bloggy-types who'll be working with me - a great gang! Here's the venue from the inside... And the outside: Then I went to get a new … [Read more...]
I'm here. FINALLY Perth got itself an airport lounge with the wifi and the coffee and the snacks and a quiet corner. So I can do the following: “I Immunise” With The Immunisation Alliance Of Western Australia – Interview With Dr. Katie Attwell - over at my column for the Skeptical Inquirer website, called Curiouser and Curiouser. You can check out the podcast over here, on the Token Skeptic website: Episode One Hundred And Seventy Five – On I Imunise – Interview With Dr … [Read more...]
Science communicators in Australia are really fantastic and I'm looking forward to the ASC14 conference, where I'll get to learn more about the kinds of projects that have been going on in Australia... like right now, today! I've been busy doing the promoting #ASC14, its people and podcasting throughout, and this news about a press briefing reached me while I was editing. I'll post more links when they become available - in the meantime, here's the rundown. Girlfriend magazine is pretty … [Read more...]
So, I've had about [Insert Far Too Little Healthy Hours Here] of sleep and I'm firing through a load of audio to clean it up and post it out to promote all kinds of cool, awesome, hard-working and dedicated people... ...who are more than likely also putting their health on the line to promote a broader understanding of science by the public, to educate and inform the world. In far more effective ways than I do. And then I realise that no matter what I do, whether it be taking on the onus … [Read more...]
My heart is saying "...this is terrible..." while my brain is going "woah, cool, you can move the slider and check out the progress over time!" It's an interactive map that allows viewers to check out vaccine-preventable outbreaks world-wide - such as rubella, measles, mumps, pertussis, polio - to explore all the outbreaks of measles, mumps, rubella, polio, whooping cough, from 2007 to 2013. Screen shot of Australia, 2013: This publication was made possible by the Bill and … [Read more...]
Because they can't get a new name. I thought "Misinformation For All" wasn't taken. All of my other suggestions are unprintable. Use your imagination. Check out The Australian - "Anti-vaccine group struggling for new ID" by Rick Morton: THE Australian Vaccination Network, which promotes the "benefits" of measles and believes vaccines cause autism, has lost its first battle to find a new name. The failed attempt came just days before legislation in NSW that bans parents from … [Read more...]
A lot of things achieved last year! Which led me to write this about five days ago and then schedule it so I could sleep in this morning. Although I'll probably have stayed up late anyway watching Serenity regardless. Firstly, a few highlights: ScienceRewired's BigSci13 - Big Science Communication Summit. Huge thanks to Ande Gregson and Kendall Benton and everyone involved in the 2013 event, which has inspired me to reach beyond the usual skeptic-circles and look into outreach and … [Read more...]
I've got a few items to pass onto you, the first is something I've been contributing to a little behind the scenes and I hope to get the first interview out tomorrow! If you're interested in science and are Australian, New Zealand... from anywhere! This will be something you want to put onto your New Year Resolutions to attend: Join us for the Australian Science Communicators Conference 2014 (#ASC14) in Brisbane. This is the premier networking, professional development and interactive event … [Read more...]
Virologist Dr David Hawkes discusses the HPV vaccine and the anti-vaccination movement on ABC News Breakfast … [Read more...]
Kylie Sturgess is a Philosophy teacher, media and psychology student, blogger at Patheos and podcaster at Token Skeptic. She has conducted over a hundred interviews including artists, scientists, politicians and activists, worldwide.
She’s the author of the ‘Curiouser and Curiouser‘ column at the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry website and travels internationally lecturing on feminism, skepticism, and science.
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