Diverse perspectives on science and medicine
0000-0002-5625-3977More and more, academic science programs at U.S. universities are training their undergraduates to communicate effectively about science to a variety of audiences. This includes courses like University of Chicago, minor programs like the University of
0000-0001-8462-0271 Halloween is about a month away. How are you going to make science an integral part of Halloween?Our guest writer for this piece is Janet Philp. As the co-founder of Anatomy Nights, a UK-based
0000-0003-1823-8642 By Niki Rust Have you recently ventured into the murky world of Twitter but have no idea what to do next? Are you using social media for your study’s outreach and engagement but you
0000-0001-8462-0271Our guest writer for this piece is Mark Kesling. Mark is the founder and CEO of The daVinci Pursuit, an Indianapolis-based non-profit organization dedicated to engaging the community in meaningful science educational experiences through the
0000-0003-1823-8642 By Efraín E. Rivera-Serrano Early in school, we are introduced to the scientific method as a stepwise process of experimentation used to answer questions that have not been previously answered. Beyond the self-evident
0000-0001-8462-0271 By Sanjai Patel and Andreas Prokop, PhD, Manchester Fly Facility, University of Manchester Active participation in science communication is important. However, it tends to be time consuming and not the highest of our priorities. Initial
0000-0003-1823-8642 By Melissa Stewart In the not too distant past, children’s book publishers produced just one kind of nonfiction—survey books that provide a general introduction to a broad topic, such as gorillas or galaxies or
0000-0003-1823-8642 By Seth Fishman Numbers are boring. Perhaps not to everyone, but to the majority of kids, numbers don’t stand a chance. Not against spiders or dinosaurs or rockets or hip hop. Sure, every toddler
0000-0002-5625-3977Today, March 4, 2019 is the second annual International HPV Awareness Day, which aims to promote education and awareness about the human papillomavirus (HPV). And, with recent news that the vaccine is now FDA-approved in
0000-0001-8462-0271 Communicating scientific research to the public including relevant decision makers is important in order to build trust and to sustain a political and funding landscape in which science can thrive in meaningful ways. However,