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Periodically I review books related to science communication. This is a review of Houston, We Have a Narrative: Why Science Needs Story b...

On Tuesday, February 20th, 236 mayors sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt warning him to stop attacking the nation's clean...

Talking to people who deny man-made climate change can be a challenge, but it's necessary. Many people are simply confused by all the rh...

Communicating your research to the public is perhaps the most critical aspect of science today, but one most scientists haven’t spent...

The media and anti-science lobbyists have once again grossly misrepresented a scientific study. The authors of that study have issued a st...

These pages have previously pointed out the dishonesty of Trump's EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt. For example, see here , here , here...

Effective communication of science requires that scientists reach out to a variety of audiences . First we need to communicate our researc...

As Republicans and others who identify as "conservatives" continue to attack science and scientists, it begs the question of whe...

Today we review a book providing eight succinct biographies of key conservationists - Nature's Allies: Eight Conservationists Who Chan...

We saw an amazing pair of events happen this week that highlight how industry lobbyists are attempting to eliminate the regulatory oversig...

Next in my periodic series of book reviews is Alan Alda's newest book on science communicating, If I Understood You, Would I Have This...

One of the more prevalent tactics of climate science deniers is to lie. They do this by cherry-picking, misrepresentation, straw men, and ...

Today's book review is of Dave Levitan's Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science , publ...

Alda Alda is in the house. He is here to help communicate the science of communicating science. I arrive a full hour before the lecture ...