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A passion for chemistry

Recreational chemistry allows us to visualise and participate in practical experiences that are not always easily accessible, but it is important that it does not obscure the scientific knowledge that we want to transmit.

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Infants experimentant amb un pèndol de Newton

A brief history of recreational physics

One way to stimulate interest in physics is to expose people to experiences that arouse their curiosity and lead them to seek explanations for phenomena.

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Digital humanities

New technologies have provided the humanities with new ways of visualising, connecting and interpreting data. Open call for papers for a monograph on digital humanities. Deadline for submission: 17 November 2023.

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Canons

The canons of beauty have changed over time, as well as the way we capture beauty.

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The new Metode monograph analyses the relationship between beauty and nature

The new Metode monograph analyses the relationship between beauty and nature from different scientific perspectives.

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Conferences and goals

COP27 is this week. The Eyedropper makes us think about climate conferences and their goals

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Happy living

A recent study points out that the happy living salary is around the 60,000€ per year.

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Utility

Utility

And what is this useful for? A new cartoon in Ferran Martín's The Eyedropper about the usefulness of science.

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Public Understanding of Science

Public engagement as rhetoric, persuasion as practice

Some scholars nowadays use «public engagement» as an umbrella term for old and new forms of interaction between science and publics.

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The [ir]rational species?

Humans have a series of biases, including survivorship bias. Some of them seem to be adaptive, and others, limitations in our ability to assimilate information.

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