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    What did students learn during a science communication course? Not much.
    Teodora Stoica
    • 2 days ago
    • 4 min
    SciCommBites

    What did students learn during a science communication course? Not much.

    Do science communication training programs actually work? A new study discusses some disheartening results.
    Data Sonification: Give Data a Voice
    Kirsten Giesbrecht
    • Aug 12
    • 4 min
    SciCommBites

    Data Sonification: Give Data a Voice

    Grab headphones for this one! Listen to the data instead of staring at a graph. That's data sonification making scicomm more inclusive!
    Engagement Culture in Academia: A Budding “Trickle-Up” Effect
    Niveen AbiGhannam
    • Aug 3
    • 4 min
    SciCommBites

    Engagement Culture in Academia: A Budding “Trickle-Up” Effect

    Focus groups at a land grant university show that faculty face institutional barriers to engagement. Junior faculty challenge the status quo
    What Happens To Pandemic Policy When People Don't Trust Scientists?
    Tony Van Witsen
    • Jul 29
    • 4 min
    SciCommBites

    What Happens To Pandemic Policy When People Don't Trust Scientists?

    Decline in the public authority of science is an increasingly consequential problem. Why is it happening?
    Science speaks many languages—let’s show that
    Joshua Buchi
    • Jun 29
    • 3 min
    SciCommBites

    Science speaks many languages—let’s show that

    Why is so much of science strictly in English? The world speaks thousands of languages - science should as well.
    Striking the Right Degree of Uncertainty for Communicating Global Warming Impacts
    Kirsten Giesbrecht
    • Jun 23
    • 3 min
    SciCommBites

    Striking the Right Degree of Uncertainty for Communicating Global Warming Impacts

    Will global sea levels rise 4 feet, or will global sea levels rise 1-7 feet? How certain should messages about global warming impacts be?
    More than just cat videos: YouTube as a platform for science engagement
    Michael Golden
    • Jun 22
    • 5 min
    SciCommBites

    More than just cat videos: YouTube as a platform for science engagement

    YouTube is a significant source of science content - and triggering emotions can lead to greater public engagement.
    “Half-Life Your Message” to overcome the curse of knowledge: SciComm lessons from improv
    Niveen AbiGhannam
    • Jun 14
    • 3 min
    SciCommBites

    “Half-Life Your Message” to overcome the curse of knowledge: SciComm lessons from improv

    The "Half-Life Your Message" exercise is an improv tool that can help science communicators distill their core message.
    The Public’s Perspective: the Importance of Open Access Publishing
    Iris Du
    • Jun 8
    • 3 min
    SciCommBites

    The Public’s Perspective: the Importance of Open Access Publishing

    Read about the open access debate from a public perspective and the importance of open access medical research.
    Strategies for Confronting White Supremacy Culture in SciComm
    Carolyn Pralle
    • May 25
    • 5 min
    SciCommBites

    Strategies for Confronting White Supremacy Culture in SciComm

    A new framework offers a way for science communicators to confront racism and help dismantle White Supremacy Culture.
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