The Scienceogram at TEDxHull
In April, Andrew headed up north to TEDxHull to speak about the Scienceogram. Watch the video of his talk here.
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FAQ: Facebook asks questions
The Scienceogram’s government spending graphic was featured on the I F**king Love Science Facebook page. We read the comments and answered some questions.
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Get involved: new petition and survey
Science is Vital has launched a petition calling on government to increase science spending to 0.8% of GDP, and a survey on the effects of the cash freeze.
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UK science budget 2010–2015: what’s changed?
After yesterday’s Budget, we try to make sense of the UK science budget since 2010. Have George Osborne and the Coalition been cruel or kind to science?
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Science is Vital: funding cuts must be reversed
Today’s letter in the Telegraph by Science is Vital calls upon the government to increase its investment in UK science to 0.8% of GDP, in line with the G8.
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Cancer Research UK’s beautiful advert
Cancer Research UK’s ‘Enemy’ advert is a surprisingly beautiful explanation of why more spending on science makes sense.
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Brian Cox: Doubling the science budget ‘a reasonable gamble’
On Tuesday, Professor Brian Cox delivered the Faraday Lecture at the Royal Society in London, after winning the prestigious Faraday Prize for his outstanding contribution to science communication.
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Why do we need the Scienceogram?
The Scienceogram takes a pretty unusual perspective on government spending. We’re surprised that it is unusual, because the idea behind it is very simple, but it really can bring home the relative sizes of numbers that are otherwise just incomprehensible figures ending in ‘-illion’.
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The Scienceogram launches!
Welcome to scienceogram.org, and our new blog! The Scienceogram is about trying to convince people, from the public to politicians, that more spending on science makes sense. The main aim of this website is to show people just how little we’re currently spending on science compared to the size of the problems it’s trying to…