The first thing I’d like to point out here is that I am confusing the role of Science Journalist and Science Communicator. At least by my current understanding of the roles. This is a topic that I’ve been obsessing over lately, and a topic that can be divisive… Continue reading Freelancing: Journalist or Communicator?
LISTEN Hi hello, and welcome to the show. Today is a particularly special episode of the AlmaMAC. Actually, it’s probably the most Meta episode of the almaMAC that we’ve ever had. Today I’m joined by the inventor of the AlmaMAC, the once and future host of the AlmaMAC, Sawayra Owais! This is actually a 2-parter, since we have so much to talk about. Today we are going to talk about the show in general – how did Sawayra come up with it? What is the goal of the show? How has it evolved, etc. As listeners may know, I inherited … Continue reading The AlmaMAC 169: The Return of Sawayra Owais! (pt 1)
In a surprising move by one of Canada’s top universities, a popular Twitch streamer and professional gamer @rogerstanfordo has recently been hired to teach physics remotely. Twitch is an American live-streaming website owned by Amazon. As of February 2020, it had 3 million broadcasters monthly and 15 million daily active users, with 1.4 million average concurrent users. Twitch is most known for hosting video game and e-sports competitions, but recently celebrities like T-Pain, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jagmeet Singh have taken to the platform as well. “No, I don’t know anything about physics really. I mean, I can talk to you … Continue reading Twitch Streamer awarded full professorship, starts teaching physics this semester
LISTEN Have you heard about this? The cat’s meow: Ex-Amazon engineer launches cat speech translation app Ok so first, every headline I found relating to this story made reference to the inventor as an “Ex-Amazon Engineer”… his name is Javier Sanchez. Wouldn’t it be great if scientists and researchers became household names like athletes? Places like France and Germany name streets after their scientists… Just a second, let me hop off my soapbox here. So the idea is that you have this app, and you let it listen to your cat’s meows, and it interprets the tone, pitch, etc, spitting … Continue reading Random Walk 29: Cats and Crows with Sabrina Schalz
