Science makes scientific journalism work difficult
Mar 01, 2018
Current science leads us to pajama dissemination, to write about stories without ever leaving our homes.
Etiqueta: science popularization
Astronomy and space on the big screen
Mar 31, 2017
Since its origins, cinema has been fascinated with the subject of scientific developments. In particular, astronomy and astrophysics have played an important role in science fiction stories about space travel and exploration. Though the science has not always been accurately represented, in the last decades
The mathematics media blackout
Mar 29, 2017
The journalists José Martí and Javier del Pino analyse media coverage of the discipline during the debate «How mathematics are seen from the other side».
Interview with Pere Estupinyà
Jan 31, 2017
Science communicator, writer and public speaker. That is how Pere Estupinyà (Tortosa, 1974) describes himself. He is also known as «the sex scientist».
Science loses prestige
Jan 24, 2017
[caption id="attachment_44056" align="alignleft" width="320"] Illustration by Moisés Mahiques[/caption] A few days ago, the writer of a radio programme wrote to me asking if I would like to comment on a scientific study on the air. The study said that oral sex reduced the risk of cancer.
Publishing science: A chronic problem
Jul 27, 2016
I write this article in the midst of a controversy among Spanish scientists regarding an alleged fraud in the works of one of them. If the accusations were true, published works, allegedly manipulated, passed the most rigorous scientific excellence tests for years. Fraud and plagiarism
Interview with Maurizio Gotti
Sep 03, 2015
Interview with Maurizio Gotti, linguist at the University of Bergamo, researcher on specialised discours
A Nightmare on Euler Street
Nov 20, 2014
In 2012, the Royal Statistical Society issued the following question to the members of the British Parliament, probably regarding the International Year of Statistics (2013): «If you toss a coin twice, what is the probability of getting heads twice? ». The correct answer is «a probability of
Cosmos: From Personal Voyage to Spacetime Odyssey
Mar 13, 2014
National Geographic Channel In 1980 an astronomer proved science communication could be compelling and entertaining for millions of people. It started with Carl Sagan’s «The Cosmos is all that is or was or ever will be», with which he
Will the Internet save or condemn science press?
Mar 07, 2014
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.
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