Written by Jessica Rech an undergraduate student at IUPUI and coauthored by Brandi Gilbert, director of LHSI. I am an undergraduate student…
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Education Life-Health Sciences Internship: An Undergraduate OpportunityRead more
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Public Science Communication Bright ClubRead more
By day, Rebecca Shepherd is a very serious PhD candidate at Lancaster University, UK, where she researches the role of fat cells…
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Public Science Communication Top 9 Discoveries in Human Evolution, 2020 EditionRead more
2020 has been… quite the year! The pandemic changed a lot about the world including the ways in which paleoanthropologists, archaeologists, and…
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Public Science Communication Talking about Science in a Pandemic: A Golden Opportunity for Science CommunicationRead more
I’ve always been fascinated by how things work. Did you watch Mr. Roger’s neighborhood while growing up? I loved the episode showing…
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Education Can Comics Improve Pre-College Science Education?Read more
As more learning occurs online and at home with the global pandemic, keeping students engaged in learning about science is a challenge…
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Education A Thriller Author Talks about How to Sell ScienceRead more
By Brad Parks A few years back, while driving to my favorite daily writing haunt, the local radio station spit out one…
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Community Engagement COVID Communication to Keep Local Communities Up to DateRead more
In March of this year I started posting a daily COVID update for the state of Indiana on Facebook: Hoosier COVID-19 Update. It has…
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Education A Guide to Using the Scientific Method in Everyday LifeRead more
The scientific method—the process used by scientists to understand the natural world—has the merit of investigating natural phenomena in a rigorous manner. Working…
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Public Science Communication On the Role of the Non-Expert in a CrisisRead more
One of my favourite things about me as a scientist is that I know how to say “I don’t know”. I tweeted this early…
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Public Science Communication Improv(ing) Science Communication During Times of CrisisRead more
I’m on a group text with a bunch of friends. I’m sure you know these. They ping in meetings and blow…
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Public Science Communication The Importance of Research on Rare DiseasesRead more
This post features work by an undergraduate student at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. Kesha Bhatt has been working with us throughout…
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Education Top 6 Discoveries in Human Evolution, 2019 EditionRead more
Once again, as we wind down another year, we’ve invited Ella Beaudoin and Briana Pobiner from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural…