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Blog / A picture is worth a thousand words…or more

October 30, 2018November 5, 2018 / Samantha Stadmiller /

“Use a picture. It’s worth a thousand words.” This timeless expression first appeared in a 1911 Syracuse Post Standard newspaper article. If you ask Mohamad Elgendi, he’ll say it’s more…

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Blog / Science, The Next Generation: Using Social Media to Engage and Inspire Young Scientists

July 31, 2018October 10, 2018 / Katherine Newns /

Social media has become a ubiquitous part of our lives, completely changing the way we share information and connect with others. As scientists, we would be remiss to not combine…

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Blog / Fun Facts About Cephalopods

April 13, 2018August 3, 2018 / Erin Spencer / 2

Class Cephalopoda is home to some of the most intelligent and mysterious critters in the sea. Including species of octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus, cephalopods are a type of mollusk…

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Blog / Rural Internet Access and Diversity in STEM

April 5, 2018 / Jessie Barrick /

It is no secret that many STEM fields, especially physics and engineering, suffer from a lack of equal representation by race, ethnicity, and gender. Approximately 75% of all physics degrees…

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Blog / Thank you to the 2016-2017 SWAC Executive Board

July 20, 2017July 20, 2017 / Christina M. Marvin /

The 2017-2018 SWAC executive board would like to give a big thank you to our 2016-2017 board members who retired their positions this year! The last academic year was a…

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Blog / How Improv Comedy Can Make You a Better Science Communicator

July 17, 2017July 17, 2017 / Sarah Vick /

As scientists, we strive to communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences while seeming both confident and enthusiastic.  No wonder public speaking can be overwhelming and fear-inducing.  Could we all be…

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Blog / Synthetic Chimeras: Separating Science from Science Fiction

May 3, 2017May 3, 2017 / Nicholas Tay /

Earlier this year, scientists from the Belmonte lab at the Salk Institute (La Jolla, CA) reported the first successful grafting of human stem cells into pig embryos. In other words, they were…

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Blog / Being Mindful of Color when Making Figures

April 19, 2017April 17, 2017 / Caddy Hobbs /

“A picture is worth a thousand words.”      Communication in the written form is frequently accompanied by helpful graphics or attractive pictures. They help the writer explain a point…

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Blog / The March for Science Raises Concerns Over Politicization

March 6, 2017 / Matt Niederhuber /

The March for Science has drawn widespread support from a community anxious about the state of science under the new Trump administration. But while many are strongly in favor of…

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Blog / To Drink or Not to Drink?

February 3, 2017February 2, 2017 / Laetitia Meyrueix /

Every day the media bombards consumers with different recommendations regarding the amount of food to consume, important micronutrients to keep in mind, and general advice about what you should be…

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Blog / Understanding the Space of Space

January 17, 2017January 17, 2017 / JoEllen McBride /

In the past, the largest obstacle that separated humans was distance. In the first half of the 20th century, we built machines that made it possible to drive non-stop from…

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Blog / “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

November 9, 2016November 9, 2016 / Salma Azam /

We all get that same question over and over again from everyone we meet — the old friend at the grocery store, an uncle at a family reunion, or even…

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Blog / “Biggest Loser” Weight Loss Woes

July 20, 2016 / Nicole Tackmann /

Contestants on the TV show “The Biggest Loser” may not be “losers” after all. A recent study of Season Six contestants has revealed that six years after the show ended,…

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Blog / Say It Ain’t So, Joe!

April 5, 2016 / Nathan Rodeberg /

As a huge Minnesota Twins fan, I was sad to hear that former catcher and current first baseman Joe Mauer is still reporting concussion-related vision problems. These symptoms stem from…

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Blog / Avoiding the blank stare: workshop at UNC helps researchers communicate their work to the public

April 3, 2016 / Alissa Brown /

From graduate students to faculty members, scientific researchers generally receive training in writing technical documents. Usually these documents are intended to communicate findings to other scientists.

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Blog / Horny Frogs and the Fungal Love Potion

March 21, 2016 / Melissa Plooster / 1

Imagine a pathogen that makes its host more sexually active. It may not kill its host right away. It may not kill its host at all. It is easy to…

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Blog / Expecting the Football Blues

March 1, 2016March 1, 2016 / Deirdre Sackett /

Following the Super Bowl, millions of football fans suddenly exhibit mood swings and odd behaviors. Symptoms include flipping aimlessly through TV channels on Sunday afternoons or a sudden obsession with…

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Blog / Four Bad Graphs, and How to be a Better “Citizen Statistician”

February 22, 2016October 7, 2019 / Alissa Brown /

Statistics. Ugh. Why force-feed such a dreary topic to countless innocent students across the globe? Well, statistics is actually an outrageously important field of study. People make graphs to summarize…

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