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By Jane Gregory and Guoyan Wang Images on journal covers raise the citation rates of academic papers. According Wang, Guoyan and two of her graduate students, Cheng, Xi and Yao, Yuting, from University of Science and Technology of China, and Jane Gregory from the UK, papers published in prestige journals enjoy 120% of the citations of comparable research papers. However, when a research paper is

(science) Marching for an alternative future https://twitter.com/Millennial_Dems/status/855984811785236481 Un post condiviso da Inna Ricardo-Lax (@innalax) in data: 22 Apr 2017 alle ore 22:07 PDT Un post condiviso da neena r&d (@space_nrd420) in data: 24 Apr 2017 alle ore 00:02 PDT Un post condiviso da MillieGracePhotography (@milliegracephotography

Haeckel’s Embryos. Images, Evolution, and Fraud Nick Hopwood, | The University of Chicago Press, 2015 The book addresses one of the most intriguing and fresh topics in the history of science of the last few decades: the relationship between science and the visual. Nick Hopwood, historian of science and medicine at the University of Cambridge, focuses on a single set of biological

By Elly Zimmer, Ph.D. Science engagement at festivals can be very valuable in reaching large and diverse audiences. Social and cognitive sciences are rarely represented at such festivals, unlike the more well-known physical sciences (e.g., astronomy, chemistry). Thus, this commentary has two main goals. First, it is an exhortation for scientists from smaller or less well-known fields

International Women's Day: a reading list. Selected articles from Public Understanding of Science Journal

By Cristiano Turbil Italy, since the unification, became a country where cultural and political differences somehow learnt to cohabit. This was achieved, among other initiatives, by popularising science and medicine in order to educate the general public about matters of national interest. This popularisation was carried out by the combined effort of scientists, politicians and editors, and

By Rupert Cole In the early seventies, long before talk of ‘public engagement’ and ‘public dialogue’ was in vogue, the BBC and the Royal Institution (RI) staged a television series, Controversy (1971-5), that gave audiences an opportunity to participate in debates with scientists on issues in ‘science and society’. Image credits: Financial Times A critical success at the time but