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Not only will Angels & Demons likely jump start conversations about physics, as some scientists hope, but the summer blockbuster will also be a launching pad for audiences to drive […]

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So I am sitting here watching game 7 of the Lakers-Rockets series with the Lakers up by 20. The fact that the Rockets could take the Lakers to 7 games […]

Angels & Demons opened this weekend with a less than expected $48 million just edging out the still hot Star Trek ($43M, $150M over two weeks). I took in the […]

Fronting the NY Times today is a preview of a bold new strategy for engaging hard to reach audiences on science. As the NY Times describes, today’s media event that […]

Roughly 100 audience members turned out to Monday’s talk at the National Academies on “Communicating about Evolution” co-sponsored by the NIH and part of their spring lecture series on Evolution […]

Just how important is it to engage religious audiences on climate change? As a newly released Pew analysis indicates (above) there is not much variation in climate perceptions across religious […]

Next week I am excited to be participating in a unique conference organized by the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies. The Institute is bringing together top scientists, journalists, policy experts, […]

I’m back to the blog after a few weeks off. It’s been busy to say the least, with most of my time spent submitting an NIH proposal as part of […]

Earlier this month, I was honored to give a lecture co-sponsored by the NIH and National Academies at their historic downtown DC headquarters. The focus of the talk was on […]

The International Journal of Sustainability Communication is an important new open-access outlet for research and practitioner essays on environmental communication. In the latest issue, communication strategist Tom Bowman suggests that […]

That’s the revealing thesis of a new book reviewed at New York magazine, examining the disconnect between the reality of the Columbine shootings and the many false media reports and […]

The Global Language Institute has started a new index that ranks universities by number of media mentions. Below is their top ten universities.I have a few reservations and cautions about […]

Pew has a detailed run down on the surge in motivation for information about swine flu. The brief analysis goes on to discuss strategies CDC had put in place to […]

Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’The only thing missing from the pitch perfect new Star Trek film is a strong soundtrack. The actors have been brilliantly cast […]

With many ScienceBlogs readers probably taking in the new Star Trek film this weekend, I’ve opened this post as a thread for discussion.What do you think, a pitch perfect re-invention […]

If you are like me, you are looking forward to the May 27 Champions League showdown between Man United and Barcelona. No doubt, many here in DC will be taking […]

Everyone from Maureen Dowd to Allessandra Stanley have speculated as to why Elizabeth Edwards would endure the pain to go public with how she has dealt with her husband John’s […]

Last week, John Holdren appeared for a 45 minute interview on NPR Science Friday with host Ira Flatow. Below the fold, I have pasted excerpts of his comments relative to […]

If you read the NY Times or WPost in print, you’ve probably noticed over the past 6 months the regular full page ads that have been placed by Monsanto. Similar […]

Over at Columbia Journalism Review, Curtis Brainard has an excellent round-up and analysis of what might be afoot at Scientific American as it merges editorial direction with Nature Publishing Group […]

The Washington Post’s media reporter has joined the ranks of those who fear the imminent demise of journalism. I don’t share this outlook. In fact, I see journalism–and science journalism […]

At the Washington Post today, Dana Milbank reviews Rush Limbaugh’s Monday program. The peg is Wanda Sykes’ comments at this weekend’s White House Correspondents Dinner.Perhaps of greater interest, later in […]

Several colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have a new study out that shows not surprisingly that like-minded conversations drive attitude extremity relative to science policy. Analyzing data from a […]

On April 8 at noon, I will be giving a talk on climate change communication at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. Below are the details. The […]

For readers in Denmark, Sweden, and Germany intrigued by the discussion over the past few days at Scienceblogs, the Danish Association of Science Journalists will be focusing on these exact […]

For those unable to attend next week’s talk at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, there is a call in number to listen to the presentation and discussion. See details […]

This week’s NY Times magazine runs a cover story by Nicholas Dawidoff on Freeman Dyson and his doubts about the urgency of climate change. Many critics have decried the article […]

Obama Girl, the viral video vixen, is creating buzz again, this time as part of a coordinated public engagement campaign on energy and climate change. Check out the rap video […]

Readers of this blog should find the arguments in Tom Friedman’s column today familiar. On climate change, Friedman argues that it’s time to switch focus from cap and trade to […]