Wildlife centres, museums, and bookshops often have expert lectures, all universities offer free public lecture series, all major cities host science or book festivals and networks of voluntary groups such as U3A, Skeptics in the Pub, Café Scientifique, Bright Club and the Sunday Assembly organise expert speakers and public science discussions.
Jonathan Ross has withdrawn from hosting science fiction's biggest awards ceremony, the Hugos, after authors and fans were outraged at the news that he would be presenting the prizes at the World Science Fiction Convention in London this summer.
It hosts science blogs including "The Wild Side," written by evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson.
Attenborough, a Cambridge-educated naturalist, has been creating and hosting science and nature-related programming since 1954.
Griffin's harsh comments come on the heels of the resignation of three distinguished scientists from the NASA Advisory Council (NAC), two of whom have questioned Griffin's plan to dramatically scale back a host of science projects (Science, 12 May, p. 824).
I do, after all, host a science and tech show for an English-language channel in Shanghai (basically Chinese television's equivalent of Bill Nye the Science Guy, minus the knowledge), rocking on-air glasses that don't even have lenses in them.
Jim Al-Khalili, a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Surrey, is a frequent host of science programs on BBC television and radio.
If Mr. Wang of Wanda and his associates have made peace with the war on Asian invaders in "Red Dawn," they may yet want to look in on "The Host," a science fiction thriller set for release by Open Road early next year.
But a year ago, researchers were set abuzz by two reports showing that some of these cells in test tubes altered their identity not by reprogramming to fit into their new environment but by fusing with host cells (Science, 15 March 2002, p. 1989).
As co-executive producer and host of Science Channel's "Through the Wormhole," Freeman guides viewers through provocative topics that challenge the audience's basic belief systems.
The author, TV host and science advocate said dealing with the climate now would protect future generations, who will otherwise be forced to flee coastal cities as the waters rise. .
