What is “science” communication?
According to Thompson-Reuters, eight-thousand and seventy-three science and engineering journals published just over one million peer-reviewed articles in 2010....
Month: December 2011
Worst. Analogy. Ever
I’m all for activism and outreach, but what does this quote mean: “Teaching science without evolution is like teaching sentence structure without th...
Scientists and the economic crisis yet again
David Bruggeman’s sharp comment is worth reprinting in full: From where I sit, both Stilgoe and Macilwain are attempting to remind the community of two th...
Maps of Science
David Bruggeman highlighted this pretty graphic from Wired showing connections between research fields: David believes such maps can help policy-makers identify...
Scientists and the economic crisis, ctd.
Via the Jack Stilgoe post I just discussed, Colin Macilwain exhorts scientists to deal with a world in crisis: Those involved in science policy sometimes seem t...
Scientists, the economic crisis, and special interest strategies
Jack Stilgoe criticizes scientists for not doing more to address the economic crisis: Much of the rhetoric of the scientific community has been about protecting...