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WASHINGTON — A new award program aims to recognize and develop excellence in science communication by research scientists and by early career, local, and freelance science journalists. The Eric and ...

Humor is something comedians and politicians alike have been using to connect with and captivate their audiences. However, this technique has not often been used by scientists and science ...

The Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is pleased to host Reimagining Science Communication in the COVID Era and ...

It’s a strange reality when more people recognize you from your videos on social media than from your peer-reviewed papers or “professional” work. During grad school, I could never have predicted that ...

CU Science Discovery was an original member of the Portal to the Public (PoP) network, a National Science Foundation-funded network of organizations that connect public audiences with scientists ...

Associate Professor of Communication Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas As a science communication scholar, I’ve always supported vaccination and trusted medical experts – and I still do. As a ...

Garfield Kwan and Dana Song. (Courtesy Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego) It’s 2020 and aquarists just discovered how to breed seadragons in-house: a combination of proper lighting, noise, tank size, and more.

The scientific process, as I have often said, is an engine of human prosperity. For centuries it has been a driving force behind the advances in knowledge and well-being that we’ve enjoyed as a ...