Category Archives: Science

Adam Rogers, WIRED magazine. Credit: Photo by Jenna Garrett.

Adam Rogers, WIRED magazine: How The Science Of Color Made Us Modern

 Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme interviews Adam Rogers, who is Senior Correspondent at WIRED magazine and a New York Times best-selling author. They talk of Adam’s new book: Full Spectrum: How The Science Of Color Made Us Modern. “To the extent this book has a single take away, I hope that colour is more widely recognised as this […]

William Haseltine, PhD, President ACCESS Health International

How Has Covid-19 Changed Science?

 Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme interviews Dr. William A. Haseltine, President ACCESS Health International. In this interview William Haseltine talks of: -How Covid-19 has changed science -How high levels of scientific collaboration and knowledge sharing were sparked in this crisis and a precedent set in which it has become institutionalised within the “virus science” […]

Jekan Thanga PhD.

News From SpaceTREx: The Lunar Ark

 Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme interviews Jekan Thanga, PhD., Head of SpaceTREx laboratory, Principal Investigator of the NASA-funded ASTEROIDS laboratory and Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arizona. They discuss the latest developments at the laboratories. Moreover, ideaXme receives a news exclusive relating to SpaceTREx’s proposal to build a […]

Dr. Kevin Pitts, CRO Fermilab and Physics Professor at the University of Illinois.

Dr. Kevin Pitts: Neutrinos and Muons To Reveal New Laws of Physics?

 Andrea Macdonald founder of ideaXme interviews Dr. Kevin Pitts, Chief Research Officer at Fermilab, America’s particle physics and accelerator laboratory and Physics Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. They spoke of 2 exciting research projects Muon g-2 and DUNE hosted by Fermilab which focus on muons and neutrinos respectively. Please scroll down for the interview […]

John Vickers

Blue Abyss: One Giant Step For Extreme Environments Training?

 Andrea Macdonald, founder ideaXme interview John Vickers, founder of Blue Abyss. Blue Abyss will be a high tech pioneering training and extreme adventure centre. Its objective is to be “the most comprehensive deep sea and space research, training and test facility of its kind in the world, unmatched in its breadth of configuration”. Blue […]

Craig Fugate, Chief Emergency Management Officer, One Concern

How To Build Resilience In Tough Times: Individuals, Countries and Planet-wide

 Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme interviews Craig Fugate, former Administrator at FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency), USA, (2009-2017), reporting to President Barack Obama. Craig, now Chief Emergency Officer of One Concern, provides his perspective on the recent crisis in Texas – the power grid outage, the current Mexican border refugee challenge (9,500 unaccompanied […]

Keith Clarke, Chair, Constructionarium.

Keith Clarke, CBE: Decarbonise At Speed. Embrace It, Or Get Left Behind!

 Neil Koenig, TV Producer, Journalist and ideaXme board advisor interviews Keith Clarke CBE, a senior construction industry figure shaping the modern sustainably built world and a passionate environmental campaigner. Keith is currently Chair of Constructionarium, Member of Advisory Board, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University and Director Women in Property Network. Moreover, until recently he was […]

Perry Marshall, founder of the Evolution 2.0 Prize

How To Win The $10 Million Evolution 2.0 Prize?

 Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme interviews Perry Marshall, founder of Evolution 2.0 Prize and Natural Code LLC. Perry Marshall Disseminator of Biological and Inorganic Information Systems Perry Marshall is a high level connector and multi-disciplinary disseminator of both biological and inorganic information. He is most recently famous for corralling some of the world’s top […]

John Englander President and Founder Rising Seas Institute.

John Englander: Rising Seas and Moving to Higher Ground

Richard W Smith, oceanographer and ideaXme world’s oceans ambassador interviews John Englander, President and Founder of Rising Seas Institute and author Moving to Higher Ground: Rising Sea Level. Rising Seas Climate change and rising sea levels are changing the boundary lines of our world, and, if left to continue at their current pace, pose considerable […]

Dr Merritt Moore ballerina and quantum physicist.

Quantum Physicist Ballerina Aspiring To Be An Astronaut

 Dr Merritt Moore, PhD, quantum physicist, ballerina and aspiring astronaut talks with Andrea Macdonald founder of ideaXme. Dr Moore has achieved what some would call ‘the impossible’: a career as a professional ballet dancer and as an academic quantum physicist.” – University of Oxford. She plans on adding another profession to her career roster […]