Scientific Knowledge

By Massimiano Bucchi A studio in Tuscany, late afternoon. Dad enters the room. Hi son. I just dropped by to say hello, but I can see you’re working. What are you up to? Well you know, I have been the editor of a journal, ‘Public Understanding of Science’. It’s been 3 years – I’ve told you quite a few times now. ‘Public Understanding of Science’? Good for you. There’s so much need for public

By Stefanie Walter Scientists use Twitter to talk to other scientists, but communication beyond the scientific community is also important. How scientists talk to these groups differs systematically and suggests a strategic language use. Academic Twitter is popular among scholars. Scientists use Twitter to talk about their work, their success and the challenges they are facing. They share

By Samer Angelone, Ph.D. “Ask a scientist about Hollywood, and you’ll probably get eye rolls. But ask someone in Hollywood about science, and they’ll see dollar signs: moviemakers know that science can be the source of great stories, with all the drama and action that blockbusters require” – Randy Olson If you ask a scientist ‘what does it mean if your research project is about animal cloning

Risk communication is today at the core of many studies in science communication, which increasingly needs to deal with the uncertainties related not only to natural disasters such as earthquakes or tsunamis but also to new technologies [1,2]. This literature reflects on how we communicate and how we should communicate risk, how people perceive it and what are the most effective practices to

By Alberto Brodesco Lost in science Before parachuting on the Island, Daniel Faraday was a professor of physics at Oxford. As it often happens in Lost, the name of the character alludes to a philosophical or scientific personality belonging to the past (including Locke, Rousseau, Hume, Rutherford and Minkowski), in this case to Michael Faraday (1791-1867), a leading scholar of electromagnetism

UNESCO’s Division for Science & Its Popularisation propagated science popularisation as a foundation for modern democracies all around the world By Kristian H. Nielsen After Second World War, expectations for science and science popularisation were high. Scientists such as Julian Huxley and Joseph Needham propounded the view that science and international scientific collaboration would

By Diana Garrisi Rarely discussed but very common, pressure injuries, also known as bedsores, affect millions of people around the world every year. The practice of wound care dates back to ancient times, when mud and clay were used to make plasters. Yet, the sheer number of people suffering from pressure injuries worldwide today shows that much more needs to be done to raise public awareness