Why A New Study Says Scientists Should Use Twitter
A new study suggests that scientists must embrace not fear Twitter.
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Why White Supremacists Are Chugging Milk (and Why Geneticists Are Alarmed)
Why White Supremacists Are Chugging Milk (and Why Geneticists Are Alarmed)
The appropriation of genetic research by those with extremist views on race has scientists grappling with how to respond.
Facts, risks and emotions
Has journalism and science communication crossed a line?
Academicons: Icon Font for Academics
Icons for websites and organisations related to academia that are often missing from mainstream font packages. It can be used by itself, but its primary purpose is to be used as a supplementary package alongside a larger icon set.
Do You Need a Science Degree to Be a Science Reporter?
Journalists covering crime or education are not typically expected to have a degree in those subjects. But science journalism is often considered a more technical and knowledge-heavy beat. This article examines advantages and drawbacks of becoming a science reporter from a variety of backgrounds.
We Should Reward Scientists for Communicating to the Public
Universities need to rethink how they evaluate academics for promotion.
Preserving Comments from PubMed Commons
On 1 February 2018, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) announced the discontinuation of PubMed Commons, citing usage that had been “minimal, with comments submitted on only 6,000 of the 28 million articles indexed in PubMed.” Although sparse,
Scientists Ride the Podcasting Wave
Podcasting can offer personal and professional benefits for researchers who want to dive in.
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A scientific study of the importance of diagrams to science
Scientific sceptics hit back after rebuke
A science writer challenges the sceptics community to move beyond tackling just ‘easy’ issues.
Why Is it So Hard to Talk About, and Where are the Authors?
Why is it so frustrating and difficult to talk about scholarly-communication reform, and why do those conversations seem to involve virtually all members of the scholcomm ecosystem?
"Is There a Future for In-Depth Science Journalism?"
Video, podcast and summary.
Why Science Journalism Matters
An essay by the Pulitzer-prizewinning science journalist Deborah Blum.
How can non-scientists influence the course of scientific research?
Science communication should be more than the dissemination of results to the public; it should also flow in the other direction, with members of the public able to communicate their priorities to scientists and those who fund them. But how?
How can non-scientists influence the course of scientific research?
Science communication should be more than the dissemination of results to the public; it should also flow in the other direction, with members of the public able to communicate their priorities to scientists and those who fund them. But how?
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