Based on a study of how research is cited in national and local media sources, Andy Tattersall shows how research is often poorly represented in the media and suggests better community standards around linking to original research could improve trust in mainstream media.

Is social media in a period of change? David Beer considers whether trends towards repetition and uniformity are prefiguring a new standard for the way in which social media intersects with academic life.

Nobel laureate and physicist Giorgio Parisi was attacked for presenting evidence on Covid - it made him reflect on how we can rebuild faith in science.

Hyberbolic adjectives have been on the rise in academic writing. A study explores how this persuasive language is deployed across different fields of research

Since its purchase by Elon Musk last year, Twitter has undergone a series of rapid changes, largely with an eye to making the platform profitable. Considering these developments and those on other platforms, Mark Carrigan, suggests that just as academic social media has become relatively mainstream the dynamics underpinning academic engagement on social media have fundamentally shifted towards a pay to play model.

The simple messaging favoured by media advisers doesn't chime with a discipline that is messy and incomplete.

ChatGPT might not yet give us sparkling prose. But it can free scientists up to focus on more-stimulating writing tasks.

Five pointers to help researchers get policymakers interested in their work, based on a guide co-created by government and academics from the University of Leeds

Whether it's about COVID or badger culls, the science can be unclear. But the public must hear about it from the researchers, not from government press officers.

Richard de Grijs comes to grips with his field's use of potentially offensive language.