Latest ArticlesCASTIC and APFS are two youth science and technology competitions of great importance in China. ISEF and STS are two important competitions in America. This paper makes a Sino-US comparative study of the screening mechanism. On the basis of the study, some suggestions have been put forward.(1) To simplify the assessment part of our competitions and improve the effectiveness of the overall quality assessment.(2) To refine evaluation criteria, extend assessment dimensions and set the dimensions' weights with the scientific method.(3) To expand the provincial assessor scope of CASTIC and share provincial assessors as soon as possible.(4) To strengthen the provincial assessor training to ensure the orderly and efficient conducting of assessment.
In recent years, superstition and pseudoscience events have occurred again and again around us, and impacted on a wide range of society. One of the reasons of these things happening is the inadequate work of science popularization. Many great scientists with profound ideas valued the work of science popularization; they considered science popularization as part of the work of scientists. The author hopes scientists and scholars to dedicate themselves to the science popularization undertaking. So the popular culture of will be full of the scientific spirit, and thus very healthy.
With the connection between contemporary science, society and people, and also by the progress of information and communication, the new method of science popularization through the integration of science and entertainment was generated. The American TV series The Big Bang Theory was one of that and obtained great social responding by communicating and popularizing the science through entertainment. The operating mechanism and features of The Big Bang Theory are analyzed. The current status of China is also discussed. Furthermore, the method of science popularization through the integration of science and entertainment is pondered.
Pandora by Zhang Xiaofeng is the earliest science fiction in Taiwan. By the tragedy of the “artificial woman” Pandora, the novel expresses criticism of the theory of science omnipotence in four aspects: firstly, to describe the feelings of the three victims of technology and cross-examine the meaning of life; secondly, to use the theory of Christianity as a critical weapon; thirdly, to repose homesickness in Chinese images; lastly, by symbols, hints, dreams, subconsciousness and environment foils to express a kind of century mood to strengthen the tragedy.
Museum exhibition is developed by the innovation and application of new technology. It's maybe a wonderful try for the museum exhibition by using information technology. In this paper, it shows wireless information transmission technology was being used to display Nanhui East-wetland scene of Shanghai in SSTM. A brand-new feeling was brought to visitors, on the other hand, it was magnified the time and space of museum. Application of new technology is sparking the exhibition of traditional museum to a new domain.
As one of the excellent original popular science books in recent years, Yin Chuanhong's book Fantasy: A Wonderful Journey to Explore the Unknown World shows several notable writing features, which may give some references to China's original popular science writings.
On the basis of a literature review of the studies on the integration of science popularization enterprise and science popularization industry, the theory of public goods is used to analyze “why the integration of science popularization enterprise and science popularization industry is necessary and possible”, and to clarify the theoretical basis of the integration.
This paper reviews the history of media settings, and then puts forward the general and unique characteristics of the mass media. According to the network of new media in general and specifically, it analyzes the existing problems and countermeasures of popular science network, and explores the development trend of popular science network.
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