In science communication, we are often misled by commonly used phrases such as "public engagement" and "public understanding of science" where we lead to believe that the audience for our work is merely "the public". In this post I'll be explaining why this is wildly unhelpful when you want to communicate something important like research … Continue reading 5 Reasons Why “The Public” Doesn’t Exist
I recently saw a tweet that described the day, supposedly in the year 3000, when the last scientist on earth writes that there is nothing left to discover and hangs up his white coat for good. Despite this being a fantastic idea for a book it made me think about whether this would ever be … Continue reading When Discoveries Die Out
Every day we are bombarded with people trying to make us take an interest in their messages and jump on their bandwagon. But what is it that makes us sit up and listen to a certain campaign? When I began trying to spread antibiotic awareness last year I mercilessly went down the route of trying … Continue reading Lining Clouds With Silver
I feel the need to discuss whether scientists should be made to communicate their work. This is mainly because this Friday at the weekly SciParty I was surprised to find myself fighting for the opinion that no, not all scientists should have to communicate their work. I’m still asking myself why I did this mainly … Continue reading Speak Up
