zenSCI is a community for scientists, researchers, journalists, and university level students - and anyone with an interest in the interplay of science and society in general.
You are all welcome here and membership is free!
As a registered user you will get, among other things:
Read more by following the links below or in the top right side-block.
FAQ is an abbreviation of Frequently Asked Questions. Below you will find some of the questions we have been asked here at zenSCI. If you do not find your question answered here or elsewhere, you can try to search the site. If nothing comes up please post your question as a comment to this page or send it to us here.
No, zenSCI is no more affiliated with Zen Buddhism than it is with any other thought system or religion. The name zenSCI was chosen because it works together with the motto 'Making Sense of Science'. The domain name sensci.com was already taken when zenSCI.com was established.
No, ZenSci.com is not political. ZenSci.com provides a forum for all people to participate in many important debates. Opinions expressed by individuals here are just that, the opinions of individuals.
One of the most fundamental ideas of zenSCI is to provide a democratic forum in which the voices of people not ordinarily concerned with such issues as science' impact on society is heard.
So you do not need to be a scientist, or a journalist to participate in the debates on zenSCI, eventhough they are our primary target.
In order to maintain an independent posture, zenSCI accepts no government funding or endowments. Contributions are received from foundations, corporations, and individuals.
If you wish to sponsor zenSCI you are very welcome to contact us.
zenSCI.com was founded in the spring of 2004 by MSc and science journalist Lennart Kiil (zenSCI.dk) from Denmark. He came up with the initial idea of a place for everybody to consider the impact of science on society.
Primarily, zenSCI wishes to be a medium of good science journalism by building a community that brings together journalists and scientists.
Further, the mission of zenSCI is to provide a place for everybody to discuss the role of science in society. Also, zenSCI wishes to publish reflections on how science relates to a number of institutions in society.
Journalists, and other people working for the media are always welcome to contact zenSCI here. Below we have compiled some useful resources, we hope will be of interest to journalists and other media people.
Press kit to be place here
All Press Releases are available in reverse chronological order (newest release shown first) here.
An XML feed is available here. By using this XML feed you can always stay automatically updated about Press Releases from zenSCI.
Below and in the right side block you will find the Press Releases in an alphabetical order.
Danish, Norwegian and Swedish people might be interested in forsker.net for discussion on science and society issues in danish.
There is also a zenSCI.dk run by Lennart Kiil in english and danish, here you can read about science journalist services provided, mainly in danish.