Often, scientists’ approach when conveying information to the public consists of simple and direct fact-dumping – an approach that doesn’t always work. This model of science communication, known as ...

This important core requirement challenges College of Science students to apply their critical thinking and analytical abilities gained from engagement in their major area of study to the global ...

In this special Issue of Science, a Perspective, Policy Forum, Editorial and series of NextGen Voices Letters explore the current state of science in the age of social media. In many ways, the ...

Anupam B. Jena is a physician and economist at Harvard Medical School, co-author of Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health, and host of the ...

In 2022, Wellcome Connecting Science, a genomic science program funded by the Wellcome Trust, organized a citizens’ jury to ask whether the U.K. government should allow scientists to edit the DNA of ...

Critics sometimes tell us that Scientific American has strayed from what might be called “classical science content” and is wading into subject areas where we don’t belong. And in response to a recent ...

Just 20% of the public views the coronavirus as a major threat to the health of the U.S. population and only 10% are very concerned about getting a serious case themselves. In addition, a relatively ...

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. A substantial number of Republican voters are losing faith in science. In April 2020, 14 percent ...