Building Trust in Scientists One Selfie at a Time
PhD candidate Samantha Yammine is trying to break the stereotype that Scientists are cold, boring and out of touch with the hashtag #ScientistsWhoSelfie.
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The Public Disengagement With Science
The results of the latest public opinion survey undertaken by Research!America showed that 67% of respondents had a positive image of science and indeed thought that public policy should be based on the best science available.
ReMediate Your Research: Taking Your Scholarship Public
Tips for grad students: the options for communicating your research beyond the dissertation or journal article are nearly endless and range from video games to comic books, but two of the easiest to work with are podcasts and infographics.
ERCcOMICS
ERCcOMICS is a creative and ambitious project which exploits the power of visual storytelling to innovate the way European science is communicated.
The 9 Best Academic Blogs
Academic cultural critique is best served in blog form and there are a slew of academic blogs waiting to dish. We’ve picked 9 of the best academic blogs.
An Open Letter from Freelancers at Nautilus Magazine
As of December 13, we are writers and editors awaiting payment from Nautilus magazine for a collective debt totalling $50,000. Some of us have been waiting to be paid for more than a year.
Katherine Hayhoe: 'The True Threat Is the Delusion That Our Opinion of Science Somehow Alters Its Reality'
Katherine Hayhoe: 'The True Threat Is the Delusion That Our Opinion of Science Somehow Alters Its Reality'
Climatologist Katherine Hayhoe says that scientists have no option but to fight against the politicisation of science.
Is Media Driving Americans Apart?
Social media gets all the attention for polarization, but TV is doing more than its share.
2017 Finalists for the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition
Celebrating the power of photography to communicate science and the role great images play in making science accessible to a wide audience.
New Research Shows Explaining Things to 'Normal' People Can Help Scientists Be Better at Their Jobs
New Research Shows Explaining Things to 'Normal' People Can Help Scientists Be Better at Their Jobs
It might feel like rocket science, but scientists need to get better at explaining things to people outside academia.
Head Moderator of Reddit's Science Community Says Chemists Need to Be More Active Online
Head Moderator of Reddit's Science Community Says Chemists Need to Be More Active Online
Industry chemist Nathan Allen spends his spare time creating a place for open, civil debate about science online.
A New Model for Science Communication
SciComm: Why it is essential, and how we can do it better.
The Reluctant Scientist: When Meeting Presenters Get Cold Feet
Does press coverage ever lead to papers’ rejection?
Small News Outlets Influence Us More Than We Think
Unusual experiment reveals that news stories can boost national policy discussion on social media.
How the News Media Activate Public Expression and Influence National Agendas
How the News Media Activate Public Expression and Influence National Agendas
The active participation of the people is one of the central components of a functioning democracy. Research performed a real-world randomized experiment in the United States to understand the causal effect of news stories on increasing public discussion of a specific topic.
Access vs. Accessibility in Scholarship and Science
Ideally, we want science and scholarship to be not only available to the general public, but also comprehensible to them. But the challenges to doing so are real, and may vary both by discipline and by study type.
Lausanne to Host 2019 World Conference of Science Journalists
The city of Lausanne was chosen to host the 11th World Conference of Science Journalists.
How Does Blogging Work as a Teaching Concept?
The opportunities and experiences of blogging as part of teaching.
Science Is Shaped by Wikipedia
Increased provision of information in accessible repositories appears to be a cost-effective way to advance science. Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial.
Why I Want To Hit Academics On The Nose With A Rolled-Up Newspaper
Unsurprisingly, many — if not most — scientists aren’t great at science communication.
Ten Simple Rules for Structuring Papers
Applying to all the parts of a paper and further to other forms of communication such as grants and posters.
Wikipedia Shapes Language in Science Papers
Experiment traces how online encyclopaedia influences research write-ups.
NASA Should Be Friendly to the Press. Lately, It’s Not.
Why is the one federal agency dedicated to revealing the unknown to humankind so difficult for many journalists to penetrate?
A Methodological Systematic Review of 'Spin'
More than 26 percent of papers identified as systematic reviews or meta-analyses contained spin. This figure rose to up to 84 percent in papers reporting on nonrandomised trials.
Shake Up Conferences
Emojis, smartphone technologies and revamped guidelines would boost transparency at scientific meetings, say Shai D. Silberberg and colleagues.
Automatic Jargon Identifier for Scientists Engaging with the Public
Scientists are required to communicate science and research not only to other experts in the field, but also to scientists and experts from other fields, as well as to the public and policymakers. One fundamental suggestion when communicating with non-experts is to avoid professional jargon.
How Can Scientists Foster Public Trust on Instagram?
U.S. adults see scientists as intelligent, but not always warm. This is a problem because people's perceptions of scientists' warmth influence their trust in scientific information. Could scientists be improving trust via social media?
14 Podcasts That Take Science Seriously
From an audio version of a peer-reviewed journal to 60-second crash courses, these are the best science podcasts.
Science, Sensationalized: How the Press Undermines Research Funding
Science, Sensationalized: How the Press Undermines Research Funding
Climate change is the perfect example of how a cut-and-dry scientific issue can become controversial if it is represented consistently in partisan terms. Let’s not drag funding into the fray as well.
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