Science communication extends beyond the attempts of reporters and scientists to communicate with nonexpert audiences (i.e., the so-called “general public”). For example, science communication also describes the efforts of researchers to communicate with each other. And, as a recent study points out, that process includes challenges that researchers have little control over. Challenges like gender bias. Among other findings, an Ohio State University study found that graduate students rated research abstracts as having greater “scientific quality” when they thought the... Read more

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