Trust in Science Is Not the Problem
There is no real evidence that the public has lost trust in science. So why are science-based recommendations often ignored?
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Fact or Fake? Tackling Science Disinformation
This discussion paper describes and discusses the problems and the consequences of science disinformation in three areas of concern, namely climate change, vaccines and pandemics, and what we can do to increase awareness and minimize harm caused by the spread of disinformation.
Scholarly Communication and Scholarly Publishing
This post explores how scholarly publishing should relate to scholarly communication. Ostensibly aligned, publishing and communication have diverged. Some processes involved in scholarly publishing are getting in the way of optimal scholarly communication, as the present pandemic amply reveals.
After a Year of COVID-19 Charts, Eight Data Communication Lessons Learned
After a Year of COVID-19 Charts, Eight Data Communication Lessons Learned
COVID-19 has transformed the world in the last 12 months. Communicating data has been a central part of the pandemic. Here are some of the most important lessons we can take from this period.
Scientists' Lanes and Headwinds
COVID-19 will be remembered for many things, including the pandemic that changed science communication, argues the Editor-in-Chief of Science journals.
Scientific Tweets: Why Less is More and when a Tweet is Perceived As Being Scientific
Scientific Tweets: Why Less is More and when a Tweet is Perceived As Being Scientific
Communication within the scientific community without twitter has become hard to imagine. It was only a matter of time, then, until someone started examining what makes a tweet scientific in itself. Dr Athanasios Mazarakis has examined this more closely and, in his guest article, reveals what he discovered when researching the scientific character of tweets.
Scientists Want Virtual Meetings to Stay After the COVID Pandemic
Scientists Want Virtual Meetings to Stay After the COVID Pandemic
A Nature poll shows that a year of online research conferences has brought big benefits, but blending them with in-person meetings in future will be a challenge.
Unexplainable: A New Podcast About the Most Fascinating Unanswered Questions in Science
Unexplainable: A New Podcast About the Most Fascinating Unanswered Questions in Science
What we don't know is awesome. Let us explain.
The Coronavirus Is Plotting a Comeback. Here's Our Chance to Stop It for Good.
The Coronavirus Is Plotting a Comeback. Here's Our Chance to Stop It for Good.
Many scientists are expecting another rise in infections. But this time the surge will be blunted by vaccines and, hopefully, widespread caution. By summer, Americans may be looking at a return to normal life.
The Future of Scholarly Communication - Workshop 24–26 February 2021
The Future of Scholarly Communication - Workshop 24–26 February 2021
OPERAS-P, an H2020 project coordinated by CNRS, is organising a workshop Future of scholarly communication, which will be dedicated to discussing the outcomes of the research undertaken in the project's Work Package 6 (Innovation).
Science Journalism Master Class Now Available
The first of "The Open Notebooks" Science Journalism Master Classes, "How to Find an Angle for Any Science Story," launches. The free, hands-on classes are designed to help science writers at all levels of experience sharpen their skills.
Open-source Community Call: The Latest Developments in Open Publishing and Research Communication
Open-source Community Call: The Latest Developments in Open Publishing and Research Communication
Join the next call on open research communication projects to share and discuss emerging projects and significant updates for ongoing ones.
Science Barometer 2020: Starting Points for Open Science?
What image does the public in Germany have of science and research? The Science Barometer is dedicated to answering this question. We have taken a look at the results of the most recent survey from an Open Science perspective.
January SciComm Challenge - Let's Talk About Creativity in Science!
What better way to start 2021 than with a new science communication challenge! This month's challenge should help get your creative juices flowing… writing (or visualizing!) a time when creativity, imagination or subconscious thought was important to your scientific or artistic work!
The Role of Science in the News (and Elsewhere)
Did COVID change the way the public, and the scientists, interpret and discuss scientific results? Statisticians think it looks like the same old problems prevail, only inflated.
Sharon Begley, Path-breaking Science Journalist, Dies at 64 - STAT
Sharon Begley, whose science journalism career spanned 43 years at Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and STAT, died Saturday at 64.
There Is No Campus Free Speech Crisis: A Close Look at the Evidence
There Is No Campus Free Speech Crisis: A Close Look at the Evidence
Using Alt Text to Make Science Twitter More Accessible for People with Visual Impairments
Using Alt Text to Make Science Twitter More Accessible for People with Visual Impairments
Using Alt Text to Make Science Twitter More Accessible for People with Visual Impairments
Using Alt Text to Make Science Twitter More Accessible for People with Visual Impairments
Scientists increasingly post images and photos on social media to share their research activities. However, posting images and photos could potentially exclude people with visual impairments. Here, we outline actions that should be taken to foster accessibility and inclusion in posting scientific images on social media.
Our Bauhaus Coronavirus Cover
The recent nature issue publishes findings from leading researchers on an urgent quest for a vaccine against SARS-Cov-2. Here ist how the cover image was created, drawing on aspects of Bauhaus artist Paul Klee’s famous notebooks to reimagine the quest for a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2.
Sudden Omnipresence
In the media circus surrounding the pandemic, it's the loudest researchers who have been heard the most. Why it is important that we also listen to quieter voices in future, and why the state of scientific knowledge should be communicated with greater candour.
How MC Hammer And Other Performing Artists Are Sharing Their Love Of Science
How MC Hammer And Other Performing Artists Are Sharing Their Love Of Science
When MC Hammer started tweeting about science and scientists a few weeks ago, he joined a long list of performing artists who have been using their platforms to highlight scientific research.
How Science Communication Can Challenge Conspiracy Theories in Times of Covid-19
How Science Communication Can Challenge Conspiracy Theories in Times of Covid-19
Mike Schäfer & Jing Zeng on the particularities of conspiracy theories on COVID-19, how to face them, and what role science communicators play while doing so.
Journalists Need To Get It Right: Epidemiology Training Can Help
COVID-19 has turned all journalists into health journalists. Epidemiology training can help journalists improve their reporting, and help fight misinformation.
You Must Not 'Do Your Own Research' When It Comes To Science
Research is for the experts. Listen to them instead.
An Analysis of Ways to Decarbonize Conference Travel After COVID-19
An Analysis of Ways to Decarbonize Conference Travel After COVID-19
Biennials, regional hubs and virtual attendance can slash emissions, new calculations show.
Overcoming the Discoverability Crisis
The current pandemic has exposed a host of issues with the current scholarly communication system, also with regard to the discoverability of scientific knowledge. Many research groups have pivoted to Covid-19 research without prior experience or adequate preparation. They were immediately confronted with two discovery challenges: (1) having to identify relevant knowledge from unfamiliar (sub-)disciplines with their own terminology and publication culture, and (2) having to keep up with the rapid growth of data and publications and being able to filter out the relevant findings.
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