Public Understanding of Science Blog

When, why and how did the history of risk communication arise ?

Risk communication is today at the core of many studies in science communication, which increasingly needs to deal with the uncertainties r...

Quantum Leaks. Uses of Scientific Theories in Television Series

By Alberto Brodesco Lost in science Before parachuting on the Island, Daniel Faraday was a professor of physics at Oxford. As it ofte...

Science popularisation for a united, peaceful and modern world

UNESCO’s Division for Science & Its Popularisation propagated science popularisation as a foundation for modern democracies all arou...

The politics of wound care: lessons from the past

By Diana Garrisi Rarely discussed but very common, pressure injuries, also known as bedsores, affect millions of people around the worl...

1962: ‘What Manner of Men?’ Meeting Scientists through Television

By Tim Boon At 21:25 on 11th December 1962 the BBC broadcast The Prizewinners , a television programme about that year’s Nobel laureate...

When science and journalism interactions cross language and socio-cultural boundaries

By Ayumi Koso and Euan McKay When you visit a country for the first time you often suddenly become aware that the norms and values you br...

When and why do people Google Nobel Prize winners and their discoveries?

by Ayelet Baram-Tsabari and Elad Segev Most people turn to the internet, and specifically to Google , for their scientific information n...

The STAGE Lab is now accepting applications for its fall 2019 fellowships.

STAGE – Scientists, Technologists and Artists Generating Exploration – is a laboratory within the University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering, in which we create and develop original multimedia theatre work inspired by science and technology.
For these fellowships, we’re ideally looking for people with hybrid interests and skills, especially scientists who have had some theatre experience, as well as theatre artists with an interest in science.
The deadline for fall 2019 fellowships is January 21, 2019. First interviews are held on a rolling basis; as a general rule, therefore, applications should be submitted as early as possible.
https://stage.ime.uchicago.edu/opportunities