communicating science

A recent UW-led paper explores the interests and identities of participants who join and remain active in citizen science

'High-tech' framing may be driving negative attitudes toward cultured meat

In a recent study, those who listened to the poorer quality audio of scientists presenting their work evaluated the scientists as less intelligent and their research as less important

“Given everything we see happening to federal science in the United States, it’s more important than ever that Canada set—and enforce—the right example for government science.”

What happens when two scientists set out to make a movie to entertain the public? They end up making new scientific discoveries along the way

Science educators at Wake Forest University are testing how automated feedback combined with new one-on-one teaching methods can improve scientific writing from STEM undergraduates

Extent of spin in biomedical scientific papers revealed

One of the obstacles to avoiding jargon is that scientists suffer from “the curse of knowledge”—they simply do not remember not knowing what they now know as experts

Scientists and engineers can apply now for free online workshop and mentoring focused on publishing blogs and op-eds for magazines, newspapers and other news outlets

“There are no boundaries, no walls, between the doing of science and the communicating of it,” writes Montgomery, a lecturer in the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies