An Arctic community seeks to understand how to use and benefit from new climate models prepared by another country’s meteorological service and distributed online. Residents of two neighbouring countries address complex environmental, technological, and civic implications of a new high-speed train line connecting them, using both physical demonstrations and social media. Activists opposed to the…
M. Bucchi, Credibility, expertise and the challenges of science communication 2.0, «Public Understanding of Science», 2017, 26 (8), pp. 890-893. Recently, wide-ranging discussions about so-called ‘post-truth’ have also significantly involved science-related topics and science communication. The issue of credibility and reliability of information is obviously central for science communication and public understanding of science. However, some…
Collezionare significa raccogliere il meglio, oggetti scelti e preziosi. A partire da queste suggestioni, Gallerie d’Italia e Observa-Science in Society propongono un ciclo di tre incontri in cui guide d’eccezione ci accompagnano a costruire una collezione immaginata, portandoci a scoprire il meglio di letteratura, scienza, storia, arte e musica. Questo il programma: Sabato 11 novembre 2017, h 17.00 …