Turning kids away from science can only lead to disaster. When it comes to science communication, there's an oft-repeated sentiment that we are in a crisis mode. That science is under attack.

Social media can be tricky but is a "net" good for science communication as long as you ... It is not just for the kids. It is an important medium that policymakers, media and other scholars ...

to make science more interesting for the kids.” The real point of the Flame Challenge and the Center for Communicating Science, however, is to teach scientists to communicate their ideas clearly ...

"Many of the kids we work with are excited to see the ... becoming innovators themselves," he said. "The idea is to communicate science in easy language and fun ways. The difficulty is, sometimes ...

That's the question put to scientists this year by the Flame Challenge, a contest first conceived by actor Alan Alda, famous for his roles on the TV shows M*A*S*H and "The West Wing." The directive?

Communicating science to the public has taken on new urgency. Scientists and even science itself are now being thrust into a place of high visibility in the U.S. popular media and in the national ...

She received a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a bachelor of science in biomedical engineering from Brown University. She has ...