Navigating the popular science media ecosystem today can be daunting for researchers. There are broadcast, print, and online media outlets to communicate…
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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
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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
Science communication, or scicomm, as it’s affectionately known by many, is gaining traction. In an era in which scientific information (both true…
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Collaboration between scientists Communicating basic science: what goes wrong, why we must do it, and how we can do it better?Read more
Is the current scicomm culture a lame duck? Science communication (scicomm) has become a buzz term in the current science landscape. I…
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Public Science Communication Humor in Science Communication – How Much Is Too Much?Read more
We all love to laugh. Whether it be a funny viral video or the farcical antics of a friend, a good laugh…
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Public Science Communication Blogs, Videos, Newspapers, Books: PLOS SciComm Talks To Aaron Carroll About Health CommunicationRead more
Dr. Aaron Carroll is a Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine…
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Public Science Communication Thank Evolution For Your Messed Up TeethRead more
Happy Halloween! With a voluminous bounty of candy looming in the immediate future for a large proportion of American children (and adults…
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Public Science Communication Marijuana: More Than Just The HighRead more
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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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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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…