Five hundred years ago (May 1519) in the Loire Valley town of Amboise, France, Leonardo da Vinci took his last breath. Throughout…
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Education Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Science CommunicatorRead more
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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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Education ‘Peeling Away’ the Natural History of Gibbon Canine TeethRead more
Here we are again. Another Halloween, another piece about teeth. Why? Because teeth play a critical role in all sorts of Halloween-related…
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Community Engagement SciComm at School: Science Communication in Undergraduate EducationRead more
More and more, academic science programs at U.S. universities are training their undergraduates to communicate effectively about science to a variety of…
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Community Engagement Zombies! An Effective Way to Sink Your Teeth into Brain AnatomyRead more
Halloween is about a month away. How are you going to make science an integral part of Halloween? Our guest writer for…
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Public Science Communication Want to Write a Popular Science Book? Here’s What You Need to Know.Read more
Whether you’re a scientist who wants to communicate their findings to a broader audience or a science enthusiast who is eager…
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Education A Science Author’s “Eureka!” MomentRead more
I am not a scientist. You may be surprised to learn that has been the key to my 30-year career as a…
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Community Engagement A nifty guide for academics on using TwitterRead more
Have you recently ventured into the murky world of Twitter but have no idea what to do next? Are you using…
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Community Engagement Radio Conversations: The Art of Radio Communication of ScienceRead more
Our guest writer for this piece is Mark Kesling. Mark is the founder and CEO of The daVinci Pursuit, an Indianapolis-based non-profit…
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Community Engagement Hashtag SciComm: How Social Media Platforms Are Shaping the Future of ScienceRead more
Early in school, we are introduced to the scientific method as a stepwise process of experimentation used to answer questions that have…
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Collaboration between scientists How your science communication can turn multi-lingual!Read more
Active participation in science communication is important. However, it tends to be time consuming and not the highest of our priorities…
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Community Engagement STEM-Themed Books for Kids: A New ApproachRead more
In the not too distant past, children’s book publishers produced just one kind of nonfiction—survey books that provide a general introduction to…