science communication

Like all crafts that have presented unique rewards to their practitioners, the hope is that young scientists will use the initial prompt to measure their own research against benefits to society to, in time, enjoy writing about human knowledge for its own sake. Credit: Annie Spratt/Unsplash

Success of New Scheme to Get Scientists to Write More Needs Community Effort

Vasudevan Mukunth 04/06/2018

Laudable as AWSAR's aims are, one of its stipulations...

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It’s About Time We Had a Book on the Deceptively Awesome Fruit Fly

Madhusudhan Raman 31/05/2018

Stephanie Elizabeth Mohr's 'First in Fly' tries to be...

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The Kardashian Index and the Metamorphosis of the ‘Scientific Community’

Aneree Parekh 02/02/2018

The K-index compares the number of Twitter followers a...

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Bringing Indigenous Languages Into Science Communication

Andre Ramos and Marina Empinotti 21/12/2017

The combination of knowledge and communication, along with a...

P Balaram during his talk at the Dialogues event in Bengaluru in October 2017. Source: YouTube

New Initiative Promises Greater Dialogue Between Scientists and Society

Lakshmi Supriya 12/11/2017

There is a perception that the organised scientific community...

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Exclusive: Interview With Kip Thorne, One of the Winners of 2017 Physics Nobel

Karan Jani 03/10/2017

Kip Thorne speaks about the history and legacy of...

Yash Pal. Source: YouTube

Remembering Yash Pal, a Proponent of People’s Knowledge and People’s Science

Anita Rampal 01/08/2017

'A significant fraction of children who drop out may...