Marijuana is a controversial subject–it is illegal according to federal law, even while 29 states (and Washington, DC) have legalized medical use…
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Public Science Communication Marijuana: More Than Just The HighRead more
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Collaboration between scientists Relating Through Story – An Effective Way to Connect with Your AudienceRead more
Since 1995, when I became a medical reporter at a now-defunct independent weekly newspaper called the San Antonio Medical Gazette (RIP), I’ve…
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Community Engagement Exploring the citizen-science partnership through narrative-based science communicationRead more
Introduction The magazine Science Trends recently interviewed Professor William “Bill” Sullivan, the Showalter Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Indiana University School…
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Mentorship To Catch A Predatory PublisherRead more
I often wonder if other scientists wake up every morning to delete a deluge of spam messages from no-name journals and…
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Public Science Communication An Appetite for Science Communication: Author Traci Mann Talks To PLOS About How She Explains Her Research on Health and DietsRead more
Traci Mann is the author of Secrets From the Eating Lab: The Science of Weight Loss, the Myth of Willpower, and Why…
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Collaboration between scientists ComSciCon: Science Communication Workshops for Graduate Students, by Graduate StudentsRead more
Publishing in scientific journals has long been a linchpin of success in science. But many scientists want their work to enrich the…
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Public Science Communication Science Writer Nathalia Holt Talks to PLOS About Rocket Girls, Silly Questions, and Trading Pipet for PenRead more
Nathalia Holt, Ph.D. is a science writer and the New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls: The…
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Public Science Communication Is racism bad for your health?Read more
With the recent white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, VA and the ongoing questions around the appropriateness of Confederate monuments, it seems the…
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Public Science Communication What if we could edit our genes to cure diseases? We’re closer than ever!Read more
I am an embryologist, which means I study how embryos—the cluster of cells that ultimately become a fetus and then a…
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Public Science Communication Science Connected: Accessible Science CommunicationRead more
Kate Stone is the founder and CEO of Science Connected, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Funding and in-kind donations are provided by the Clif…
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Public Science Communication The “Google Manifesto”: Bad Biology, Ignorance of Evolutionary Processes, and PrivilegeRead more
There are biological differences between the sexes, including average body size and upper body strength, and aspects of reproductive physiology. There is…
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Public Science Communication Scientists: The Public Needs to Hear from You!Read more
We live in interesting times…times when misinformation, alternative facts, and opinion carry equal or more weight than empirical data. Hardly a day…