Student Journalists Produce 52 Reports from WCSJ2017
Student science writers from around the world have created a set of 52 stories from the World Conference of Science Journalists 2017, spanning most of... Read More
Pseudoscience in Developing Countries: Standing Up To Government-Backed Fake Science
By Omnia Gohar SAN FRANCISCO—Science provides a universal stamp of approval. So it’s no wonder that some people use it to package non-scientific ideas to... Read More
Moving from Gut-Based to Data-Based Diagnosis: Joe DeRisi Talks With Carl Zimmer
By Setsen Altan-Ochir SAN FRANCISCO—You might be 97% human and 3%… tapeworm. At least that’s what researchers at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub learned when they... Read More
Big Food Disinformation: Four Industry Strategies Science Journalists Should Understand
By Michelle Morelos SAN FRANCISCO—Knowing an opponent’s movements can give players an advantage in the game. That saying is especially apt for science journalists who... Read More
California’s Point Reyes National Seashore: Balanced Between Cleanliness and Threats
Text and photos by Jesús Antonio Pascual Álvarez POINT REYES STATION, California—On a bright October day, the Point Reyes National Seashore seems clean and unspoiled.... Read More
Will Cosmologists Save the World? Approaches from Scientific Training Could Shape Public Debates
By Amelia Jaycen SAN FRANCISCO—Saul Perlmutter, a Nobel Prize–winning astrophysicist and cosmologist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has spent a lot of his time ascertaining... Read More
How to Rate Your Latest Vaccine Story: Tips from a Health News Reviewer
By Sibusiso Biyela SAN FRANCISCO—Misinformation, myths and “fake news” continue to fuel controversies around vaccines. Activists can easily find stories in credible publications that seem... Read More
Climate Change and California: A State Where Scientists Have the Ears of Policymakers
By Sergio Villagrán BERKELEY, California—On 13 November, a letter signed by more than 15,000 researchers, titled “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice,” appeared... Read More
You Are Not Solely Responsible for Your Health—But Does Health Journalism Reflect That?
By Jia Naqvi SAN FRANCISCO—An apple a day keeps the doctor away—that is, if you can afford apples or if you have access to a... Read More
Fact-Checking In the Age of “Fake News”: A Q&A With Brooke Borel and Alex Kasprak
By Carolyn M. Wilke SAN FRANCISCO—Is fact-checking the future of journalism? That question, at once disturbing for our society and promising for the increased role... Read More