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A discussion at Science Agora 2016, Tokyo “Agora” was traditionally the square at the heart of discussion and civic participation of the Greek “polis”. “Science Agora” is the name chosen for the leading yearly event in Japan about science in society. Every year since 2006, policymakers, scientists and representatives of the productive sector have come to Science Agora to engage the public on

By Hsiang-Fu Huang Astronomers and historians often refer to the discovery of Neptune in 1846 as a triumph of Newtonian celestial mechanics. The irregularities of the orbit of Uranus led French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier to correctly predict the location of a hitherto undiscovered planet. By discovering a planet at the tip of a pen, scientists showed feats of intelligence and caught

Communication is a prime objective in the now global campaign to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This post argues that more attention is needed to the place of science communication in this campaign and that science stories could be a crucial element in its success. by Rony Armon AMR is recognized by scientists and policy makers worldwide as a fundamental threat to public health that

Finding the right Twitter hashtag to engage with academics and professionals may be challenging and time consuming, thus, to help researchers, we founded the SciHashtag Project – a free open collection of Twitter hashtags about science communication in and out the academic world. by Elena Milani Twitter is becoming an integral part of researchers’ daily activities. On Twitter, academics

Those communicating science for a living are likely familiar with the criticism of “dumbing down.” It’s an accusation that suggests simplification is inevitably a bad thing, and that it is possible to communicate a message without in some way shaping its meaning. More subtly, it also suggests that communication is a one-way street. It holds practitioners of science communication responsible for

About crowdfunding science and panda bears The study at hand shows that projects presented on science-only crowdfunding platforms have a higher success rate. At the same time, projects are more likely to be successful if their presentation includes visualizations and humor, the lower their targeted funding is, the less personal data potential donors have to relinquish and the more

Report on a special science communication session at the 15th Annual STS Conference in Graz, Austria, May 9-10, 2016 These days it seems obvious that the availability of new online media has changed the infrastructure of information. This also affects science and research practice and communication, especially the relationship between science and society. However, the use of social online