Covering Research on Lab Animals: Challenges and Opportunities
Biomedical research on lab animals is an increasingly contentious topic — and a tricky subject for the science journalists who cover it. The public is... Read More
Tapping Databases for Scientific Evidence on Health
Approximately 2.5 million new scientific papers are published each year, according to recent estimates. To keep up with the literature in a field such as... Read More
Fact-checking: The Future of Journalism?
Since last year, we have heard a lot about fake news. Fact-checking items have multiplied in the North American and European media. Science still has... Read More
Conflicting Data: Dealing with the Reproducibility Issue
There is nothing worse than getting a story wrong. But what happens when the science itself is wrong? More than half of scientists today think... Read More
Covering Indigenous Voices in Science
There is no greater science-and-society gap than the one between scientists and indigenous people. To bridge this gap, researchers and health journalists are charged with... Read More
Can We Save the Oceans from Ourselves?
The ocean is arguably the planet’s greatest natural wonder, covering nearly three-quarters of the earth’s surface, providing many ecosystem services and supporting an abundance of... Read More
A Delicate Balance: Immunity in Health, Disease and Medicine
From moment to moment, our immune system maintains a remarkable state of equilibrium, a tightrope act that is vital to our survival. On the one... Read More
Book It: A Conversation Among Authors Mary Roach, Steve Silberman and Ed Yong
Two internationally known book authors—Steve Silberman, author of Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, and Ed Yong, author of I Contain... Read More
Science Journalism in Latin America: Past, Present and Future
Latin America is a region rich in science. Although science here lacks the financial support found in other regions, scientists engage in rigorous and important... Read More
Science Journalism, Authoritarian Regimes, and Pseudoscience
Pseudoscience deceives millions of people every day. Although scientists and journalists try to expose baseless assertions, governments around the world often will make decisions based... Read More