#science-communication

#science-communication

Science et Vie, which translates to Science and Life, is a renowned French monthly magazine that has been captivating readers with science and technology content for over a century. First published in 1913 under the original title La Science et la Vie, it stands among Europe's oldest and most widely circulated science periodicals. h/t: vintag.es Celebrated for its ability to demystify complex subjects,

The announcement of a positive result from a major clinical trial is an incredibly exciting moment in the world of medicine. It's a validation of years of painstaking research, a potential new tool for doctors, and, most importantly, a powerful new source of hope for patients and their families. As a physician or a researcher, the desire to share this exciting news with the public is a natural one.

The problem of how migrating birds and homing pigeons navigate still remains unsolved in spite of intensive research efforts in the past few years. Over twenty years ago, Gustav Kramer suggested that in order to fly from an unfamiliar place to a geographically distant home site, a bird would need information analogous to a map (on which to read its own position and that of home), and a compass (to choose the appropriate direction indicated by the map). It is now well established that both migrating song birds and homing pigeons (on which much of the experimental work is done) have up to three types of compass-based on the Sun's azimuth, star patterns and the resultant of the Earth's magnetic field , but the nature of the map remains elusive ... [T]he big remaining mystery surrounding the magnetic compass, is how the bird's sensory system detects the Earth's magnetic field.

Like many people in this field, I've been fascinated since I was a kid. I think I was five or six when my parents gave me this massive book with a black cover and pictures of the planets. It was like an atlas of the Solar System. I remember being mesmerized by Jupiter and its moons. I'd stare at the page and memorize the masses and radii, then rush outside with my little telescope to find Saturn or Jupiter.

Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina became one of the deadliest storms ever to hit the U.S. After sweeping along the Gulf Coast, wreaking havoc in Louisiana and Mississippi, the massive storm ultimately led to 1,392 fatalities, according to the National Hurricane Center. Katrina's destruction centered on the city of New Orleans, where failing levees and floodwalls left most of the city underwater and displaced nearly all of its residents, some of them permanently.

NASA is really interested in how our bodies react to long-duration space flight. So, we do a lot of tests, such as measuring our blood pressure or seeing what our organs are doing with ultrasound.

The disconnect between importance and attention in American culture presents a significant challenge for the STEM community, highlighting the need for engaging narratives.