Biology Fortified hosted a live, public webinar as an introduction to science communication, particularly aimed at young scientists and science enthusiasts. Learn about psychology, ethics, effective strategies, and how to network to help your communication efforts achieve the greatest impact.
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Cooking video series to launch!
Here at Biology Fortified, we've got a lot of projects going on. From databases of research, to infographics, blog posts, citizen science and more, we do what we do because we love science and we want more people to understand…
Moving past our assumptions
If you could improve one thing in discussions between people with differing views, what would it be? I would encourage people (myself included!) to stop making assumptions about each other. The thoughts here have been swirling in my mind for…
What Shiva can Teach us about Science Communication
Written by Kevin Folta We can learn a lot about people from not just what they say, but how they choose to say it. Communication scholars claim that something like 75% of meaning comes from non-verbal cues. Non-verbal cues are…
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2012: The year we make news
The last three years have been fun and exciting for us here at Biofortified. Even more so the last three weeks - as we have raised almost $2,500 in personal donations (and blog schwag purchases) to keep the blog going…
Biotechnology: communication and politics
I had the pleasure of speaking today with Matthew Nisbet, author of a controversial report about communication of climate change. Matt’s full report Climate Shift is well worth a read, but is a bit daunting at almost 100 pages. Andrew…