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Unprecedented: Multiple Scientific Journals, Magazines Oppose Trump Reelection

Amrit B.L.S. 15/10/2020

While it is not uncommon for a journal to...

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It Takes Great Discipline to Read a Scientific Paper – and Even More to Write One

Eve Marder 29/07/2020

Scientists often co-opt perfectly good words with understood definitions...

An artist’s impression of K2-18b, a super-Earth exoplanet whose habitability has been debated by scientists. Photo: NASA/Reuters

How Should Science Journalists Cover Single-Study Stories?

Pallab Ghosh 19/10/2019

There’s value in covering new research advances, even when...

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The Good, Bad and the Ugly of Trapping ‘Pranayama’ Within Scientific Speak

Vasudevan Mukunth 31/01/2019

Scientific American's article and the reaction it has prompted...

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Scientific Study Says Science Papers Have Become Harder to Read Over Last Century

Lakshmi Supriya 19/09/2017

Daylighting this declining trend in readability should remind scientists...

A headline has at least two responsibilities: to be cognisant of an interesting scientific idea, perhaps nuanced, as well as to quickly captivate the reader. Credit: thomasleuthard/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

What is a Headline’s Relationship With an Article About Uncertainty?

Vasudevan Mukunth 19/12/2016

Many articles are beginning to deal with objects that...