Links of Interest

Cool discussions of science/tech from around the web:

1. At io9, Joseph Bennington-Castro shows you How to Turn Your Phone into a Scientific Tricorder a la Star Trek.

2. Also at io9, awesome pics of fractals found in nature.

3. At Scientific American, Christina Agapakis tells us all about Megan Daalder‘s Project Eureka exhibit at the UCLA Art|Science Center.  Quote: "Project Eureka isn’t meant to simply warn us of a future climate apocalypse or to propose a desired path of progress, but to open up new spaces and times for asking how we can live more effectively together on this planet, with other entities both human and non-human, natural and artificial..... Eureka shows us that we must transform ourselves in many different ways in order to compose a better future world."

4. The New York Times on why the media reports correlational studies and preliminary findings as if they proved a causal relationship instead of reporting on studies that, you know, actually prove a causal relationship.

5. Henry Jenkins and Sarah Banet-Weiser talk about brand culture, social media and activism, and if online culture is as individualistic - and as narcissistic - as we think. (Click back to the blog to view parts 2 and 3)

6. Pew Research's study on Civic Engagement in the Digital Age

Welcome

Welcome to the Technology, Science, and Culture blog, a place to talk about the wide variety of ways science and technology interact with other parts of culture.

Here you'll find posts on:

• Interesting links in science, technology, mathematics, digital humanities, and geek culture.
• Book reviews
• Examples of how the media reports on science/technology and how various audiences perceive scientific/technological findings or changes
• Discussion of how science/technology relates to politics or society
• Thoughts on the philosophy and history of science/technology
• Artists who portray of science/technology in interesting ways in pop culture, film, literature, visual arts, etc.

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