In February, Alice Huang became president-elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The renowned virologist began her career at Harvard in 1971, eventually becoming director of ...

Science communicators are routinely harassed and threatened, not just by the Twitter mob but sometimes by allegedly reputable professors, journalists, and even other science communicators. The biggest ...

Living through a pandemic has resulted in phrases like RT-PCR, immune response, and aerosolized droplets becoming part of the regular vocabulary for a portion of the population. It has also ...

Science communicators emphasize trusting qualified sources over influencers when making health decisions for your family.

A new program at MIT is creating the next generation of science communicators through engaging, short-form STEM videos on YouTube. The world could use more Neil deGrasse Tysons and Janna Levins. In a ...

The scientific worldview has made great contributions to humanity's flourishing. But, as science advances into territory once firmly held by religion—attempting to answer questions about the origins ...

Dr Siddhivinayak Barve, Director of KET’s Scientific Research Centre, Mulund, Mumbai, has been elected Chairman of the National Centre for Science Communicators (NCSC) for the term 2025–2028. The NCSC ...

Hannah Little receives funding from the British Academy. The new romantic comedy Fly me to the Moon tells the story of how, in the run up to the Apollo 11 mission, Nasa hired a high-flying marketing ...

The crossroads in Mark Miodownik’s career came in 1999 when as a young researcher he gave a talk at a materials science conference in Boston. “Afterwards a senior scientist said he thought I was doing ...

Will J Grant owns shares in a science communication consultancy. He received funding from the then Department of Innovation for research mentioned in this article. The film discussed in this article ...