Culture: Television: Channel
SNN (Science News Network)   (+27)  [vote for, against]
A 24 hour Science News Channel

SNN could pehaps be done in 30 min segments by discipline with cut ins for breaking news.
A ticker at the bottom gives updates on the day's scientific news.
(Perfect for [Sunstone]'s Science Bar)
-- Zimmy, Dec 16 2006

Science Bar Science_20bar
Cool! [Zimmy, Dec 16 2006]

Furry Lobsters http://news.bbc.co....ci/tech/4785482.stm
This just in! [Cuit_au_Four, Dec 18 2006]

The Science Channel http://science.discovery.com/
Not far off the mark. All science, all the time. [jurist, Dec 18 2006]

I like it!
-- Chefboyrbored, Dec 16 2006


I get three music video channels, two with nothing but reality TV, and the women's network, and I would gladly exchange all of them along with a dozen others for SNN.
-- Cuit_au_Four, Dec 17 2006


[+] Definite bun, especially if you can promise it won't succumb to the temptation to run hyped-up, bad-science 'science' stories.
-- imaginality, Dec 17 2006


No, that's why the science channel has so many really old re-runs...
-- BJS, Dec 17 2006


There always seems to be something in the science section of yahoo news. Much cool stuff, too. Furry lobsters and whatnot.
-- bungston, Dec 17 2006


+very cool+
-- xandram, Dec 18 2006


(+) I am really surprised; I always thought it was existing at least in the US.
-- vedarshi, Dec 18 2006


[+] Actually SNN might be the only network where having a reality show would'nt suck as bad.
-- nomadic_wonderer, Dec 18 2006


A great series for this channel would be "Mad Scientists". I envision a team of 4 or 5 nerds who tackle some wild scheme each week - build a railgun, make liquid sodium depth charges, homemade thermite, etc. Sort of Mythbusters meets Jackass: science slaved to the service of spectacular mayhem.

For once I would like the camera person to be a part of the team, too. Offering witty off camera comments, poking a face around into the lens from time to time, etc.
-- bungston, Dec 18 2006


I'd imagine there would always be a phD student somewhere willing to get his work on the air.
-- Cuit_au_Four, Dec 19 2006


We get Brainiac here (AU) too. It's lame. Rough Science was better - drop a group of working scientists on a deserted island and let them use their skills in survival related tasks.
-- BunsenHoneydew, Dec 19 2006


//No, that's why the science channel has so many really old re-runs...//

Cool, they're reshowing the one where Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.
-- phundug, Dec 19 2006


How did this get so many buns, and my Nerd Radio idea got boned? :*(
-- Voice, Jun 29 2007



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