The scientific consensus is that vaccinations are neither causally nor statistically linked to autism. The US health ...

As animal research becomes a more visible political issue, publicly available oversight records are increasingly being used to shape inaccurate narratives about essential biomedical studies. When ...

Scientists have pulled off a first: teleporting a photon’s state between two separate quantum dots. This was done over a ...

Scientists are crucial voices in the public debate about wicked problems—societal-scale, high-stakes issues with no clear solutions, like pandemics and artificial intelligence. In the past, experts ...

Kristel Tjandra is a chemist-turned-journalist based in the U.S. She graduated from the science communication master’s program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 2024, and writes broadly ...

Science communication has exploded since the COVID-19 pandemic. While Carl Sagan, PhD, MS, was the first household name in science communication, it took a long time for the field to gain traction.

Computational biologist Brandon Ogbunu explores and writes about the intersection of science, society, and culture. We spoke ...

PCST Award Organisers, Winners and Runners-up. Left-to-right, top-to-bottom: Brook Smith, Susanne Hecker, Lilian Fischer, Fabien Medvecky (PCST Secretary), Alice Fleerackers (PCST Vice-President), ...

• Only 57% of Americans say science has had a mostly positive effect on society, down from 73% before the pandemic. Only 45% think scientists are good communicators. • Focus groups before Brexit found ...

Lived experiences shape how science is conducted. This matters because who gets to speak for science steers which problems are prioritized, how evidence is translated into practice and who ultimately ...