1. Reporting Science Thomas Abraham

2. Where do we live? Asking the big questions… Composite image of middle of our galaxy from Hubble, Spitzer telescopes and Chandra X ray observatory www.hubblesite.org

3. Source: Christopher R Scotese, Paleomap project

4. Map: Christopher R Scotese

6. Image from the Hubble telescope: www.hubblesite.org Where are we going? Are we alone?

8. Where will we live? Santa Maria Crater, Mars. Photo taken by Nasa’s Mars exploration vehicle. Dec, 2010

11. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/ apr/24/tech-tycoons-asteroid-mining- venture

12. Where did we come from…..and where are we going?

13. James Ussher, Bishop of Armagh, Ireland. 1581-1656 The first day of creation began on the night preceding October 23, 4004 BC

14. What was actually happening between 4000-5000BC? Human beings learned to grow crops and settled down in settled communities Rice began to be cultivated in China The wheel was developed in India Humans had learned to brew beer

15. It was assumed that all species were created in one instant… Archeopetryx fossil

16. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Evolution through natural selection

17. The Voyage of HMS Beagle- 1831-1836

19. Genetics and re-engineering humans? http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/craig_ venter_unveils_synthetic_life.html

20. Good stories need to connect to broader themes Explain the science What theories are being tested? What are the prevailing theories? What experiments are being used to test the theory? To do this, you need to understand some of the science

21. Good stories need human beings, doing things, saying things, thinking things Scientific concepts are abstract; science stories need to make these come alive

22. Understanding the science Talk to the scientist..ask them to explain in lay terms Read: you might find high school text books useful.

23. www.science.com www.nature.com http://discovermagazine.com/ http://www.newscientist.com/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/

24. Course work One feature length science story ( 1,500-2,000 words) on the work of a scientist in Hong Kong We will maintain a blog on science news: each of you will contribute two or three short stories during the course Every class, each one of you will talk about the latest stories in a science magazine: Nature, Science, Discover, Scientific American, New Scientist Read Michio Kaku book for book report

25. Homework Do the assigned readings Think about your feature One person lead discussion for tomorrow’s class