Science Communication

It’s easy to feel whiplashed by ever-shifting scientific claims about nutrition, health, and medicine. One day, coffee causes heart disease; the next, it’s a miracle antioxidant. Eggs are deadly, then they're essential.

Until recently, a career in science communication did not inspire many people. Carl Sagan popularized it, but most attributed its popularity to Sagan's “once in a generation” mind and personality.

Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 89 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

Two senior FDA officials, including Dr.

The new booster, available since September, is effective against the currently dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant in the U.S., JN.1.

Join our directors of bio-sciences and medicine Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein as they break down these stories on episode 19 of the Science Dispatch podcast.

Britain's anti-GMO groups are none too pleased following news that the UK is poised to allow farmers to grow a gene-edited tomato engineered to produce higher levels of vitamin D.

At just three months old and with no warning, my older brother—my parents' first child—died in his sleep at the babysitter's house, a tragic case of a very rare condition called sudden infant d

Public health officials have tried desperately to answer this question for the better part of two years: how do you convince the intransigent minority of vaccine-hesitant Americans to roll up their sleeves and get a COVID shot?

Donuts, beer, college scholarships, cash, trucks, and even guns.