By Anna Funk Pitching articles to popular science magazines and websites is a grueling process. Most editors will tell you that their…
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post The (Important) Difference Between SciComm and Science JournalismRead more
By Anna Funk It was embarrassingly recent that I realized that I had been conflating science communication (#SciComm) and science journalism in my mind…
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post So You Want to Be a Science Writer (For Science Grad Students)Read more
By Anna Funk Well, hello there! I see you’ve come seeking answers to a question, like the many before you who have…
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post Dissecting the Popular Science Book: What Do Fans Want?Read more
Bill Sullivan (@wjsullivan) Communicating science has always been a challenge. Scientific discovery is built upon generations of accumulated knowledge that takes years…
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post preLights – Highlighting Preprints from and for the Biological CommunityRead more
By Helen Robertson, João Mello-Vieira, and Mariana De Niz Publishing in the life sciences is changing. Over the past eight years, the…
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Interview with Steffanie Strathdee, author of The Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug Bill Sullivan In…
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post What Scientists Can Learn from Stand-Up ComediansRead more
Can scientists be trained to do comedy? We really didn’t know if it would work. In January of 2016, a small group…
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post Stephanie Ryan: My Journey from Science Fan to Children’s Book AuthorRead more
I am a scientist, and I want to start with how my love of science originated because that is how I got…
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post How Archduke Ferdinand Affected Grant Funding: The Tight Link Between Science and HistoryRead more
Science lives or dies based on funding. These words are no surprise to any principal investigator or lab leader who has ever…
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post Tips on Using Science Twitter During COVID-19Read more
In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, many scientists have taken to social media platforms, particularly Twitter. Social media can facilitate research…
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post Communicating Vaccine Science with EmpathyRead more
I was born just before the publication of a now-retracted study suggesting that the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine increased children’s risk…
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post ABRCMS: A conference model that brings together key members of the biomedical science pipelineRead more
For the last several years, my primary professional organization, the American Association of Anatomists (AAA), has sent a leadership delegation to connect…