Let’s Talk About ScienceOnline2012
We're looking forward to hosting Scio12 in January. The Abstract crew is pretty excited that NC State is going to host the ScienceOnline2012 (Scio12) conference next January. If you’re not familiar...
View ArticleScientists Engaging With The Public: Let’s Get Started
Explaining my work to non-experts gives me a headache. I don't even know where to start! Talking with the public about science is important. Note that I said talking “with,” not talking “to” – and...
View ArticleTalking About Science: Why Do You Do What You Do?
Why do researchers do what they do? I often find myself in conversations about how to communicate with the public (i.e., a non-expert audience) about science. One of the things I often bring up is the...
View ArticleScience Outreach: What Do You Need?
In recent weeks, the science community has engaged in an enormous amount of discussion about science outreach. There are calls from many people, including me, for scientists to take an active role in...
View ArticleWhat Exoskeletons Are Hiding in Your Closet?
What critters are living in your house (other than you)? Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Dr. Holly Menninger, director of public science for the Your Wild Life program at NC State, which...
View ArticleGot Ticks? There’s an App for that.
Ticks. They're awful. Image source: CDC We’ve all heard the stories – Mild winter! Longer tick season! Disease! Pestilence! Hide your pets and children! But it’s summer, and at some point you’re...
View ArticleResearchers Seek Public’s Help To Aid Trees
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Rosemary Hallberg, of USDA’s Southern Region Integrated Pest Management Center (SRIPMC), which is housed at NC State. The SRIPMC is launching a “tiny terrors”...
View ArticleBringing Bugs into the Classroom
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Dr. David Buchwalter, a researcher in NC State’s Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology. Every so often, The Abstract likes to highlight outreach...
View ArticleVote For This! ‘Self-Folding Origami’ is Finalist in SciVis Contest
I think there’s something amazing about watching a two-dimensional (2-D) sheet of plastic fold itself up into a three-dimensional (3-D) object. The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Science...
View ArticleNavel-Gazing Researchers ID Which Species Live In Our Belly Buttons (But...
Ever wonder what’s living in there? Researchers have discovered which bacteria species are most commonly found in our bellybuttons, but have still not discovered what governs which species will be...
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