In celebration of the home release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, I thought it would be interesting to portray how…
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Mentorship If the Script for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Was Peer-ReviewedRead more
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Education A Brief Guide To Writing Your First Scientific ManuscriptRead more
Contributed by Michael Hsieh I’ve had the privilege of writing a few manuscripts in my research career to date, and helping trainees write…
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Public science communication Opinion: We’re at War for Science Literacy, Not Against FaithRead more
On January 18, 2018, House Bill 258 was introduced to the Alabama House of Representatives. As reported by the National Center…
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post Using Evidence to Restructure Healthcare: Lessons for US Lawmakers from the UKRead more
The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going…
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Public science communication Why Medical Practitioners Should be Scientists and not MechanicsRead more
Evolutionary theory unites all aspects of modern biology. So, wouldn’t you want your doctor to understand how evolutionary theory explains the development…
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Public science communication Cultivating a new STEM audience: An exercise in communicating scienceRead more
Could you explain a complex scientific concept to a fifth grader? Maybe you ARE a fifth grader, and you’re here to learn…
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Public science communication Barking Up The Right Tree: Scientist and Author Daniel Chamovitz Talks To PLOS About Science CommunicationRead more
Daniel Chamovitz is Dean of The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University, Director of the Manna Center for…
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Public science communication Science Writers Talk to PLOS SciComm: Our 2017 InterviewsRead more
I had the privilege of interviewing several science and medical writers over the course of 2017. I want to thank these…
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Collaboration between scientists Our Top 17 in ’17: The Year in Science at PLOSBLOGSRead more
By Victoria Costello As managing editor of The PLOS Blogs Network, I’m grateful to SciComm blog writers/editors Jason Organ, Bill Sullivan, and Krista…
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Public science communication When to Pay for Scicomm, When to Get Paid for Scicomm, and When to Scicomm for the Love of ItRead more
By Paige Jarreau, PhD, Science Communication Specialist, College of Science, Louisiana State University Navigating the popular science media ecosystem today can be…
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Public science communication Top 5 Human Evolution Discoveries of 2017Read more
In a year filled with lots of alarming anti-science news stories, we pause to acknowledge the positive news when we can. There…
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Public science communication Highlights of National Academy of Sciences’ 2017 science communication colloquiumRead more
By Rose Hendricks, PhD, University of California San Diego Science communication, or scicomm, as it’s affectionately known by many, is gaining traction…