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By Mark Staniland on 15 Jun 2017
Social media is not only a way for authors and publishers to disseminate research findings, it’s also increasingly being used by researchers to discover and read scientific content. Read more
Posted in Science communication and outreach | Tagged researchers, science communication, social media, survey
By Alex Jackson on 20 Jun 2014
Ahead of ESOF 2014, we talk to three leading figures in science, technology and academia who through frustrations of not having the effective tools necessary to do their work, decided to build their own. Read more
Posted in Events, Featured, Science communication and outreach, Science policy, Uncategorized | Tagged brainspace, Communities Happenings, esof2014, open science, science communication, science policy, social media, technology
By Rachel Scheer on 08 Jan 2014
Scientific American (part of Nature Publishing Group) has today announced the appointment of Blogs Editor Curtis Brainard. Read more
Posted in Featured | Tagged Communities Happenings, science communication, scientific american, social media
By Alex Jackson on 27 Dec 2013
Nature has announced a new collaboration with Reddit Science, part of the social news site Reddit. The move will see editors and reporters at Nature engaging with their readers at the subreddit r/science. Read more
Posted in Events, Featured | Tagged Communities Happenings, reddit, social media
By Laura Wheeler on 16 Mar 2012
GrrlScientist reviews Nature Education’s new introductory biology textbook, Principles of Biology, which she says is affordable, lightweight and never goes out of date: … Read more
Posted in Featured, Weekly round-up | Tagged #IEng2012, #Riscimedia, brain, cartoon, graphene, neutrinos, Principles of Biology, social media
By nature.com Communities Team on 19 Feb 2012
On Thursday evening, we hosted the ninth instalment of the monthly Science Online NYC (SoNYC) discussion series. For this month’s SoNYC we teamed up with the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) for a special event for Social Media Week. Read more
Posted in SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, science communication, social media
By Laura Wheeler on 16 Feb 2012
Science Online NYC (SoNYC) is a monthly discussion series held in New York City where invited panellists talk about a particular topic related to how science is carried out and communicated online. For this month’s SoNYC we’ve teamed up with the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) for a special event for Social Media Week. We’re looking at how social media can be used to communicate science, with the intention of concentrating on how the experiences can have educational value. More details about this month’s SoNYC can be found here. Read more
Posted in Science communication and outreach, SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #IamScience, #SoNYC, science communication, social media
By nature.com Communities Team on 16 Feb 2012
QRator is a project that allows our visitors to get involved in conversations about the way that museums like ours operate and the role of science in society today. In the Museum are ten iPads which each pose a broad question linked to a changing display of specimens. We are really interested in what our visitors think about some of the challenges that managing a natural history collection brings up, and other issues in the life sciences. They change periodically, but at the moment our current questions include “Is it ever acceptable for museums to lie?”, “Is domestication ethical?”, “Should human and animal remains be treated differently in museums like this?” and “What makes an animal British?” … Read more
Posted in Science communication and outreach, SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, iPad, science communication, social media
