I’ve mentioned before that there’s a lack of Science Fiction in Second Life. There’s also a lack of Science Fact. However both genres do exist in Second Life, just not to the degree I’d have expected.
When it comes to real science, as I’ve mentioned before, The Exploratorium is a good place to go. The Exploratorium is also the home of the podcast Virtually Speaking Science. The latest edition is going to be all about humour : Science + Humor = A Winning Formula for Laughing and Thinking. The show will be hosted by Alan Boyle of NBC News and will feature Marc Abrahams of Improbable Research reviewing some of weirdest tales of Science from 2014 and furthermore, you can watch the show live in Second Life :
Marc Abrahams will review the past year’s weirdest scientific tales with NBC News’ Alan Boyle during Wednesday’s installment of “Virtually Speaking Science,” an hourlong talk show airing at 8 p.m. ET via BlogTalkRadio. You can also watch the show as part of a live virtual audience in the Exploratorium’s Second Life auditorium.
By Wednesday they mean today, unless you live in a timezone whereby 8pm ET is tomorrow of course, which would be the very early hours of the morning in Europe alas. I also think Alan Boyle needs to embrace SLT as a timezone to assist us all!
Marc Abrahams writes and talks about Science in a way that is meant to make people laugh and then think. Bringing humour and to Science is important in terms of making it more attractive, especially if the humour involves a u, but we can forgive them for that if laughing does indeed make people think.
If you fancy popping along the SLURL is : http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Exploratorium/147/52/26
However even if you can’t make the show, The Exploratorium is well worth a visit, especially if you have an interest in Science.