New arguments for old stereotypes. That’s how professor Cordelia Fine describes «neurosexism», a term referring to the use of neuroscience to justify traditional gender role models, models that do not include the stereotype of the female scientist. That might somewhat explain the poor presence of
Mikkel Ostergaard/ESOF2014 Pages and pages have been written about the Higgs boson in the media, even before the official announcement of its discovery on 4 July 2012. Two years later, CERN continues discovering new properties of this particle, as
Mikkel Ostergaard/ESOF2014 José Manuel Durão Barroso during the opening ceremony of ESOF 2014. The president of the European Commission stressed the importance of science and its development for the Union. The Carlsberg district in Copenhagen hosts since last Sunday
Anna Mateu Carmen Vela, State Secretary for Research, Martí Domínguez, director of Mètode and Manuel Manrique, president of Sacyr, during the event. Mètode, the journal of science communication studies of the University of Valencia, has won the fourth
Anna MateuFrom left to right, Jaime Prats (El País), Martí Domínguez (Mètode), Agustín Domingo Moratalla (UIMP València), José Pío Beltrán (CSIC) and Miquel Calvet (CIBERER). The participants debated on the relationship between journalism and science. Science outreach, medical
Anna Mateu On Thursday 3 April at 19.30, the UIMP Valencia will host the panel «The Science of the Press: Trends and challenges for popular science journalism», during which the latest issue of the journal, under the same title, will be
Science and communication, two professional cultures with no other choice but to reach an agreement. Sometimes confronted because of their different approaches to science communication, they still need each other. The challenge for scientists is to spread the word about the results of the work
«When I discuss the shortcomings of media representations of climate change, oftentimes there can be a focus on journalists. But really, this can come back to the scientists themselves»
The present article reviews the panorama of science communication in France from the perspective of the monthly magazine La Recherche and other French media sources.
Communicating science effectively and rigorously is still one of the many challenges facing scientists and researchers today. Indeed, in the current context it is more important than ever to involve society in the work undertaken at universities and research centres.