Editor’s note: In light of yesterday’s confirmation by the Liberian Health Ministry of the death from Ebola of a thirty year-old woman, the first…
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Public Science Communication Repost: Where Does Ebola Come From? Communicating Science as a Matter of Life and Death – Part 1 of 2 By Ida Jooste
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Collaboration between scientists Pseudonyms in Science: Neuroskeptic speaks to Neurocritic, Dr Primestein and Neurobonkers
By Neuroskeptic 20 March 2016 Over the past decade, science blogs have risen to become an important part of science communication and…
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Collaboration between scientists Lay summaries, supplements, primers: Scientists (and journals) strive to make science accessible to public (and each other)
By Erica Tennenhouse With the rapid pace of scientific advancement, it can be challenging for members of the public to stay informed…
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Collaboration between scientists Your Top 15 in ’15: Most popular on PLOS BLOGS Network
By Victoria Costello, PLOS Senior Social Media & Community Editor With 2.3 million visitors reading more than 600 new posts on PLOS…
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Public Science Communication Home is where science communication begins By Robin Garcia
By Robin Garcia As the holiday season draws near in the aftermath of the COP21 Paris Climate Conference, many of us will…
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Public Science Communication The Sexual Transmission of Ebola: Scicomm as a matter of life and death – Pt 2 of 2 By Ida Jooste
By Ida Jooste, Internews The resurgence of Ebola in Liberia in late June 2015, seven weeks after the country had been declared…
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Collaboration between scientists Science vs. Poetry by Sam Illingworth
By Sam Illingworth The estrangement between poetry and science can be traced back to 320 BC, when Aristotle laid down in his…
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post ‘Does that mean you’re not a scientist anymore?’ Getting Science Communication Right By Sam Illingworth
PLOS BLOGS welcomes Sam Illingworth, a professor of physics and science communication, with this guest post. Read his full bio below. By Sam Illingworth…
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Public Science Communication Getting the [Climate Change] Story Straight by Lindsey Thurman
By Lindsey Thurman, for the PLOS Ecology Community With the recent publication of the 2014 IPCC report on Climate Change, the 2014…
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post Fisheries science meets scicomm: to tweet or not to tweet? By Jens Hegg
By Jens Hegg Originally posted on the PLOS Ecology Field Reports blog on August 26, 2015. The last hours of a professional…
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Public Science Communication When the Science is Not Enough: Communicating the Consensus on Climate Change By Sam Illingworth
To highlight our coverage of the 2015 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting (#ESA100) and an updated PLOS Responding to Climate Change Collection, PLOS Blogs invited…
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post Could the Pope’s Encyclical Push Public Opinion to Tipping Point on Climate? By Nancy Vosnidou
In the wake of last week’s release by Pope Francis of a radically comprehensive encyclical on the scientific causes and effects as well as the social…