For John Cannon, reporting on nature begins with a story grounded in the truth. “Evidence-based reporting [is] at the heart ...

Scientists should experiment with creative ways of communicating their work to inspire action to protect the natural world, researchers say. Scientists primarily publish their work in academic ...

In an era of rapidly advancing yet complex medical science, Chuck Knueve is an author whose writing is richly endowed with compassion, depth, and realism. His book, Surviving Cushing's Disease: A ...

As reports pile in about news outlets laying off their science reporters or shutting down altogether, it’s difficult to predict where science journalism is going. And it’s difficult to consolidate ...

A story that includes characters and focuses on what people care about can stand up to misinformation. SDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images As a science communication scholar, I’ve always supported ...

The Open Mind is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and ...

The obvious abilities of a data scientist center around technology, statistics and mathematics, but the very important talent of any practitioner in this field is storytelling. Cold hard data are just ...

Last week I spoke about the role of storytelling in science on NPR’s Big Picture Science (the interview won’t air until December). Most people think of story as belonging to the arty world of the ...

In this course, students will learn about some big topics in physics and astronomy, including motion and gravity, stars and their evolution, light and waves, thermodynamics, and the structure of our ...