Popular science, let us approach science

  "Zero distance" touch the simulated version of the space station, put on VR glasses and follow the "Deep Sea No. 1" to swim the underwater world 1,500 meters deep, and watch the surgical robot perform live egg peeling stunts... Recently, the 2022 National Science Day activities were staged in various places. Through a series of splendid popular science activities, the high-end scientific and technological achievements are brought to the public.

  The power of science not only holds up our dreams of exploring the unknown, but also quietly changes our necessities.

How to let the people approach science and have higher scientific quality?

From the frequent introduction of various policies to encourage popular science by the state, to the vivid practice of popular science such as the National Science Popularization Day, all are committed to building a new pattern of popular science with the participation of the whole society.

  Take you "Go to the sea"

  Taking a photo with the return capsule of the Shenzhou 13 manned spacecraft has become one of the most popular events in the Beijing home event of the National Science Day.

  This is the first display of the Shenzhou 13 return capsule, and the burn marks produced by the friction between the surface of the capsule and the atmosphere when returning to Earth are clearly discernible.

Many parents took their children to stop and watch, and whispered to their children about the Chinese dream of flying in the sky.

  The "Light Years Deep" deep space exploration theme exhibition at the Beijing Science and Technology Center focuses on the latest achievements of my country in the fields of manned spaceflight and deep space exploration.

Among them, a number of precious spacecraft such as the Shenzhou 13 return capsule, the return capsule parachute, and the wreckage of the Long March 3A carrier rocket were unveiled at the same time.

  At the national flagship "Deep Sea No. 1" VR experience exhibition, the audience can start an underwater adventure wearing VR glasses.

"This is an experience with a storyline." The staff of CNOOC Research Institute at the exhibition site introduced that the experiencer will sink to the seabed 1,500 meters to learn about the whole process of deep-sea oil and gas exploration and development, engineering design, construction and construction.

  Chasing the dream of the universe, exploring the sea of ​​stars, letting people feel the surging power of technological innovation at close range, and planting the seeds of science in children's hearts are becoming the goal of more and more popular science activities.

  Bring people closer to science

  High-quality millet with natural herbicide resistance, new technologies for carbon dioxide utilization, geothermal energy development and other scientific and technological achievements, small science and technology institutes carry out rural science popularization, digital brain empowerment of smart villages and other vivid practices, all showing to the public that science and technology can help a better life 's picture scroll.

  During the National Science Popularization Day, various places innovated the content, forms and methods of popular science, and a field of knowledgeable, scientific and interesting popular science feasts not only feasted the public's eyes, but also learned a lot of scientific knowledge.

For example, the Nanjing Geological Museum revealed to the public the scientific principles of the jewels of paleontological fossils hundreds of millions of years ago, and the 1.5-hour live broadcast attracted more than 5,000 viewers; Features like ride-hailing to help them bridge the digital divide...

  According to reports, this year's National Science Popularization Day activities actively build a "service network" of high-quality science popularization resources, and extensively carry out a series of popular science activities that are needed by the society, liked by the masses, have great influence, and have a wide range of services.

Up to now, the National Science Popularization Day platform has brought together more than 60,000 popular science activities in various industries.

  Wang Ting, director of the China Institute of Popular Science, believes that, "As an important means of improving scientific quality, popular science has promoted the creation, dissemination and application of science and technology, and has widely affected all fields of social production and life." Entering the new era, my country's economic and social development presents The digital, networked and intelligent characteristics of science and technology have also prompted changes in the concepts, methods and mechanisms of popular science, and technological innovation, scientific popularization, technological application, and educational culture have presented a new trend of interactive promotion and integrated development.

  Build a big science pattern

  "There is no oxygen in space. How is the oxygen environment in the manned spacecraft created? How is the oxygen stored?" "The space station has a regenerative environmental control and life protection system, which is to use the environment and resources for oxygen regeneration and electrolysis."

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  Recently, the "Double Entry" service and "Double Deduction" National Science and Technology Museum's joint action "same science class" theme event was held in the China Science and Technology Museum. Space hero Yang Liwei brought space-themed science classes to teenagers, which also aroused the awareness of teenagers. Passion for aerospace science.

  my country is actively promoting the popularization of scientific and technological resources, and shortening the distance between cutting-edge science and the public.

The constantly improving physical science and technology museums, popular science caravans, rural middle school science and technology museums, and online digital science and technology museums have extended the most experiential and participatory popular science services from cities to villages.

There are also many scientific and technological celebrities who have conducted "cloud science popularization" and become new "Internet celebrities" in the field of science popularization.

  In order to promote the overall improvement of the scientific quality of the whole people and provide strong support for high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, my country is vigorously promoting the development of science popularization.

A few days ago, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Popularization of Science and Technology in the New Era", proposing that by 2025, the role of science popularization service innovation and development will be significantly enhanced, and the general science popularization pattern involving the participation of the whole society will be accelerated.

  "Government appropriations will account for about 80% of the total social science funding in 2020." Li Meng, deputy minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said that it is necessary to further formulate policies and measures to encourage and guide social funds through the construction of popular science venues, the establishment of popular science funds, and the development of popular science activities. Invest in science popularization.

  "Science should become an intrinsic quality of human beings, which requires us to build a life-long learning society. Wang Ting said.

  Yu Zhongning