Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: Women, science and superheroes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335926#post335926 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335926#post335926 that godawful Scott McKenzie song,
people in motion, people in motion…
That is a strange vibration...

]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:05:47 +1300 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335925#post335925 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335925#post335925 human and animal meisterworks around with me for years, and they still put me in mind of that godawful Scott McKenzie song, people in motion, people in motion... ]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2015 18:12:37 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335920#post335920 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335920#post335920 silent raindrop...
Art, meet Sience
The prophet Paul Simon introduces his partner to the neon sounds of his old friend, Darkness...

;- )

]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:39:27 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335919#post335919 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335919#post335919 Gilbert & George the Horse – Mk I
Sience, say hello to Art
that sapient is astride a neigh-sayer, if ever I saw one!

;- )

]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:26:45 +1300 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335915#post335915 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335915#post335915 Art, meet Sience. Sience, say hello to Art.
Eadweard Muybridge, whose work that happens to be, never claimed to be an artist. He was the world’s first – and last – self-styled zoopraxicographer. The invention of the cinema killed off the new science he claimed to pioneer.

His motion studies…

]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:21:42 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335910#post335910 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335910#post335910 At school it was.

That's where it seemed the least profound to me, since vast numbers of kids do both. In fact a little bit of both was core to the curriculum when I was at school, at least until about the age of 15. Of course there were some…

]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2015 09:38:13 +1300 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335909#post335909 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335909#post335909 The arts science split was/is profound.

You think? I know loads of people who were talented in both.

At school it was.

]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:45:32 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335906#post335906 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335906#post335906 Don’t really know how useful that would have been today though……..waste of t im e REaLly.

The only friend I had at school who took typing as an elective is now a self-made millionaire. Amusingly, he can't touch type and I can. I taught myself in about 2 days.

The…

]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 17:10:42 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335901#post335901 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335901#post335901 ring runner...
Canned that one….
big cans (or rubbish bins) are good for making smoke ring generating vortex cannons

PS: I've always been a very 'knotty boy'...

]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:48:09 +1300 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335900#post335900 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335900#post335900 Edit……

Canned that one….

Dalziel again!!

Good for knotty problems though.

]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:02:13 +1300 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335899#post335899 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335899#post335899 When I was in the 4th form I wanted to learn typing. Why I don't know but it was a skill I thought was cool 'cos I liked typewriters!! (Pulling them apart :-) )

Don't really know how useful that would have been today though........waste of t im e REaLly.…

]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:01:28 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335898#post335898 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335898#post335898 Science communication

ain’t no communication going on with those ‘slacker’ kids!
Science dictates that they need to be taught that that string needs to be taut, too…

You are missing the artistic use of shading in the photo and the delicate colour choices.

All much more impt than the mere…

]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 10:53:13 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335891#post335891 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335891#post335891 string theory...
Science communication
ain't no communication going on with those 'slacker' kids!
Science dictates that they need to be taught that that string needs to be taut, too...

]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 08:41:30 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335890#post335890 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335890#post335890 the curse of the recursive recluse...
JD Salinger-grade photo-shy...
I think I meant 'Thomas Pynchon-grade photo-shy'...

]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 08:37:20 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335876#post335876 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335876#post335876 the world is a feast of ideas...
This thread seems an excellent place for a link to one of Australia's JD Salinger-grade photo-shy science fiction writer, Greg Egan's stories:
In the Ruins
The waitress placed two plates of chocolate cake in front of them, then sensed the tension and withdrew…

]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2015 13:41:52 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335828#post335828 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335828#post335828 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 12:41:56 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335819#post335819 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335819#post335819 Science communication

Sigh.

My biggest regret from school was dropping English, I was good at it, mostly because I read so much. But I didn't think I needed it. I was wrong and had to learn how to write all over agian during my post BSc studies.

/rant
The ability…

]]> Fri, 20 Feb 2015 11:30:44 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335810#post335810 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335810#post335810 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:30:16 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335794#post335794 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335794#post335794 I think that the point in promoting the acronym, is to emphasize well rounded education.

My daughter and I both came through high school very good at both English and Biology. After uni, I discovered there was such a thing as anthropology, and I probably would have loved it. My…

]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 19:48:19 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335792#post335792 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335792#post335792 I think that the point in promoting the acronym, is to emphasize well rounded education. It’s not such a long time ago, that if you didn’t show tidy hand writing, you didn’t go to university. Never mind the bullocks

My father was forced to choose between French and Maths at…

]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:01:13 +1300 Alyona Medelyan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335779#post335779 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335779#post335779 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:10:03 +1300 Alyona Medelyan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335777#post335777 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335777#post335777 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:05:28 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335768#post335768 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335768#post335768 How does the term STEAM not cover any field of study you could possibly follow, from circus arts to welding to nuclear physics?

The programming trade has been good to me, on the whole. The caveats would be that it was both more rewarding and more lucrative before it became…

]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:46:15 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335767#post335767 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335767#post335767 NZ is a dead end where enormous volume of qualified phds are left doing technicians jobs that only a few years ago were filled by BSc. The others are left on unemployment, or working in completely different fields for low income – after spending a fortune on education. Return on… ]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:21:05 +1300 Alyona Medelyan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335765#post335765 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335765#post335765 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:27:17 +1300 JC Carter https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335748#post335748 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335748#post335748 I work in science (industry). In a female dominated field (cept for HOD/Prof level ... strange that). I interact with many academics, male and female.

I wouldn't recommend anyone, male or female, get involved in STEAM. Run, run like hell. Unless you manage to get off shore employment/scholarship. I retrained…

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:01:39 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335735#post335735 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335735#post335735 That would be like cutting funding for teachers and closing schools and then saying because there are unemployed teachers we don’t need them.

If there were too many teachers for the number of schools, you could certainly say they were oversupplied. Yes, increasing the number of schools could be an…

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:52:10 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335734#post335734 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335734#post335734 Lots of economic studies have done exactly that.

Measured the exact social need for pure science? How much was it?

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:46:13 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335733#post335733 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335733#post335733 Well, you could just as easily say there are too many graduates for the existing science funding.

No. That would be like cutting funding for teachers and closing schools and then saying because there are unemployed teachers we don’t need them.

Wait, that IS what you are saying – that's…

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:20:51 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335732#post335732 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335732#post335732 While society has exactly the same need for pure science

I don’t know how one could even begin to measure such a thing.

Lots of economic studies have done exactly that. Essentially investment in science is one of the weird factors in economics that is non-linear. They came up with…

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:18:40 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335729#post335729 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335729#post335729 probably what you mean is the science projects without an immediately obvious product

That's exactly what I meant.

While society has exactly the same need for pure science

I don't know how one could even begin to measure such a thing.

Thus in real dollar terms science funding has declined…

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:03:02 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335727#post335727 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335727#post335727 barriers to participating at the professional academic level

Also sexism is alive and well in the hallowed halls making some departments unattractive.

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:36:05 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335726#post335726 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335726#post335726 demand has been pushed down

Precisely.

In the "pure sciences" (probably what you mean is the science projects without an immediately obvious product) the vast majority of funding comes from the government. This is true in every country, regardless of how you play with definitions to make projects look like…

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:34:37 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335725#post335725 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335725#post335725 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:13:45 +1300 Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335721#post335721 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335721#post335721 My daughter has a pair of periodic table, basket ball boots, which tend to force conversations.

My daughter was with me on a shopping trip, buying electronic components for a control system. The shop we were in didn't have all the gear I needed and the assistant said "Oh, try…

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:13:02 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335717#post335717 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335717#post335717 I think Ben means that there is a surplus of qualified people (at various levels) to available jobs in the pure sciences. In e.g. computer science, the opposite is true and in general, those with skills will be able to find (well) paid work.

(Although there is the issue that…

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:24:37 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335713#post335713 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335713#post335713 I hate to use an economics word, but pure science does seem oversupplied

Absolutely not true. What has instead happened is that funding in sciences has been steadily cut in order to make room for tax cuts. The value of pure science to the economy (according to economists) has not…

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:17:58 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335709#post335709 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335709#post335709 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 12:02:46 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335708#post335708 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335708#post335708 One thing I can see going on is that the ‘apprenticeship’ phase for life sciences seems to drag out WAY the hell longer than it does for some others. My friends in areas like pharmacology did multiple long postdocs apiece as a necessary prerequisite to proceeding in academia. My CS… ]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 12:02:40 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335705#post335705 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335705#post335705 If we frame this in the context of the current discussion: [some of] the sciences where women are participating at or even over a 50-50 ratio have more barriers to participating at the professional academic level

Yup. A particular problem in the life sciences. And the punitive post-doc structure is…

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 11:10:35 +1300 Amy Gale https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335701#post335701 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335701#post335701 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 10:16:41 +1300 st ephen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335699#post335699 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335699#post335699 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 10:07:48 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335698#post335698 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335698#post335698 Wed, 18 Feb 2015 10:06:16 +1300 Don Christie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335695#post335695 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335695#post335695 Thanks for this initiative. Very inspiring. As per above, I hope forgiveness for the following...

If you have daughters (and sons) interested in open source technologies please do consider telling them about the "Catalyst Open Source Academy". It's been going for over 5 years and we are seeing over 50%…

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:49:39 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335691#post335691 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335691#post335691 I’ve never met anyone who has done an unpaid science/tech internship in the US, and don’t really ever expect to.

Yes BUT.

While it's true undergrads are usually paid and paid quite well, after the PhD it is a completely different story. I have seen several post-docs asked to work…

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:18:36 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335685#post335685 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335685#post335685 On the other hand, industries like publishing seem to have unpaid intern labor built into their business model, which is clearly despicable.

It has only recently started to become more common in New Zealand. But this news came through yesterday: [[http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/feb/10/newsquestgannett-plans-to-charge-students-to-write-for-its-titles|the British branch of the US newspaper company Gannett wants…

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 07:25:08 +1300 Holly Grover https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335683#post335683 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335683#post335683 Nail on the head.

STEAM is fantastic, STEM alone always really bothered me.

]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:59:16 +1300 Tamara https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335682#post335682 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335682#post335682 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:13:36 +1300 Margie Elley-Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335674#post335674 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335674#post335674 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:28:36 +1300 Andrew C https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335657#post335657 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335657#post335657 Thanks David.

I have listed the top 20 from the 2010 survey.

1. Hairdresser
2. Kindergarten teacher
3. Air hostess/steward
4. Primary school teacher
5. Lawyer
6. Doctor
7. Police officer
8. Architect
9. Chef
10. Veterinarian
11. Journalist/reporter
12. Waitress
13. Physiotherapist
14. Fashion Model
15. Florist
16. Nurse…

]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:33:28 +1300 David Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335653#post335653 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335653#post335653 I think I’ve found the data, Edit {I thought at a glance there was one subset that had the two at 1 & 2 in 1979, but I was wrong, it does seem to be the data though}

http://women.govt.nz/sites/public_files/students-occupational-choice.pdf

]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:09:31 +1300 Amy Gale https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335651#post335651 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335651#post335651 I think internships and treatment of interns depend heavily on the industry as well as the country.

I’ve never met anyone who has done an unpaid science/tech internship in the US, and don’t really ever expect to. It’s much more typical to work for a summer at a reasonable pay…

]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:57:03 +1300 mpledger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335647#post335647 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335647#post335647 I'm kinda weary of promoting internships unless they are paid because
a) if they are not paid then only the rich can afford to take them up and
b) if they are not paid then it tends to be an informal process in the "hiring" which means they go to…

]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:26:06 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335643#post335643 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335643#post335643 As a crusty old male scientist, can I just say this is freakin' awesome.

Any efforts to get more girls keen to apply their talents to science is very much appreciated. Far too many grant panels and planning meetings are bathed in testosterone. One day we might even get some…

]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:04:21 +1300 Alyona Medelyan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335640#post335640 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335640#post335640 I'd also like to see the complete survey, but I couldn't find it so far.
If anybody comes across it, please share here.

]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:04:49 +1300 Andrew C https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335637#post335637 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335637#post335637 The top two most-desired careers are airhostess and hairdresser

Out of interest, has there been a survey of boys the same age too, and if so what were their top 2?

]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:30:44 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335636#post335636 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335636#post335636 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:18:36 +1300 Amy Gale https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335634#post335634 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335634#post335634 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 06:58:57 +1300 Alyona Medelyan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335632#post335632 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335632#post335632 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 23:38:17 +1300 Alyona Medelyan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335631#post335631 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335631#post335631 Hi Tamara,
Thanks for your comment!
The age group isn't set in stone. If you and your daughters would enjoy such an event, please come along. It's free!
Routine could be hard, but if you just get them to go to an event or a class twice a year, it…

]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2015 23:28:46 +1300 richard https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335629#post335629 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335629#post335629 A bit of blatant advertising, for which I hope Russell forgives me, but fans of Nanogirl should check out

http://www.aucklandfestival.co.nz/events/think-science-day-nanogirl-at-great-hall/

]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:35:28 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335610#post335610 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335610#post335610 most mad scientists are actually mad engineers

There is the fact that in our "rock star" economy there are bugger all jobs for science graduates (anecdotally, I know several life sciences grads who had no luck at all finding a job in the field, and NZ is supposed to be…

]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:59:11 +1300 David Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335603#post335603 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335603#post335603 My daughter is generally seen as a high preforming young (highschool) scientist, and does an answer science questions on Tumblr (as that is a young peoples domain). Her one minimum page biology homework report she wrote last night was two pages and included graphs with error estimation.

While she is…

]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:20:21 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335602#post335602 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335602#post335602 a full head of self e-STEAM...
That is a great initiative – mechanics and civics are both much under encouraged in this country.
The shades of Hypatia and Ada Lovelace beam down encouragingly I'm sure – vive la difference engine!

]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:15:35 +1300 tatjna https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335601#post335601 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335601#post335601 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:50:34 +1300 Tamara https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335600#post335600 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335600#post335600 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:46:32 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335599#post335599 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-women-science-and-superheroes/?p=335599#post335599 Discussion from blog post.

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