I was recently in Australia, the birthplace of the Three Minute Thesis competition, and had a chance to visit with staff at two major universities. I imagined I’d find out about the courses they offer that teach competition participants how to distill their...
2018 VG18 was discovered at approximately 120 AU (astronomical units) from the Sun. News reports say it is the furthest known object in the solar system for now. And its nickname holds an important lesson for scientists when it comes to communicating about their...
MIT researcher and professional science photographer, Felice Frankel will release her latest book Picturing Science and Engineering on December 15th. This instructional book promises to help scientists and educators learn to make more effective science visuals and...
We’ve all heard that humans absorb information quickly when it is in the form of a story. But what does storytelling mean for a scientist? It’s not telling ghost stories around the campfire – it’s engaging your audience’s previous experience in...
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe shows scientists how to answer questions to make an impact. Her televised interview with Anderson Cooper, in response to the recently published Fourth National Climate Assessment, drives home several principles for championing science. Be Human...
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