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 Why Medical Practitioners Should be Scientists and not MechanicsRead more
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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
As managing editor of The PLOS Blogs Network, I’m grateful to SciComm blog writers/editors Jason Organ, Bill Sullivan, and Krista Hoffmann-Longtin for providing…
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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
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 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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post Scientists and Policymakers – Not Such Strange BedfellowsRead more
As the United States Office of Science and Technology Policy continues to languish without a director, it becomes more important for scientists to…
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post Sexual abusers are responsible for their actions. Period.Read more
Prominent conservative political pundit Ben Shapiro has waded into waters in which he cannot swim—human nature and sexual violence. We have invited…
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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…