Communicating Science Broadly

Matt Nisbet has some heartening news: A science communication bill has been introduced in Congress, one that would fund the National Science Foundation to invest in training scientists to become better communicators. Committee chair Bart Gordon and Rep. Doris O. Matsui get the credit. This is a positive first step, albeit perhaps something of a symbolic one. What we really have to do is change an entire scientific culture which all too frequently relegates communication to the back-burner, instead emphasizing the racking up of scientific publications as the be-all-and-end-all of a successful scientific career....