But compromise is sometimes inevitable, and it isn’t always a bad thing. Mathematicians will round numbers to various decimal places, treating 2.343839 as 2.3 for the sake of simplicity.

In His Head. Typing 90 words per minute and producing as many as 30 pages per day, Asimov began to mass produce science books, one of them—a highly understandable tour of mathematics called The ...

University of Oxford PhD student Andrew Bissette recently published a diatribe against the Internet’s favorite form of looping media, arguing that science writers should not use GIFs to explain ...

As we close out the year, the SciFri Book Club will read The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023, edited by Carl Zimmer with Jaime Green. The essays in this year’s Best American Science and ...

If you love telling stories of a scientific nature, you might be interested in a career in science journalism, freelance science writing, or even fundraising for research. If you love improving ...

Seward Park Audubon Center: Halls of Wonder: Interactive exhibits, craft stations, science experiments, scavenger hunts, self-guided nature walks for all ages with theme “Shifting Landscapes ...

Writing Narratives About Science: Advice From People Who Do it Well. Flickr: Zen, CC. Save. Save. Starting to catch up after, yup, another set of trips — but with really interesting stuff to ...

Science writers often begin with a broad statement but quickly focus on the specific question or problem to be argued. 6. Rare use of the communal “we” In scientific writing, the majority of articles ...

Writing to Learn Science: Two Classroom Practices That Work Wonders. In school, the role of writing in science is usually as a follow-up to learning. Students write as an assessment: ...

The early days of science writing were largely confined to men, with women treated to texts labelled “for the ladies”. Things have changed, but more needs to be done.