Science Spotlights

Communicating Science: A Roundtable Discussion

Dec 7, 2012

Three educators who specialize in helping scientists become better communicators state a strong case for why scientists should engage the world beyond their labs, and share some of the most important principles for good communications.

Let's Talk Science

Nov 1, 2012

About 30 scientists spent two days in a communication workshop, learning that successful communication is both simpler and riskier than they realized.

Afterglow: Dispatches from the Birth of the Universe

Oct 31, 2012

Lawrence M. Krauss, John C. Mather, Amber Miller, Lyman Page and David Spergel discuss how the cosmic background radiation is poised to reveal when the first stars formed, what happened in the fraction of a second after the Big Bang, and the answers to a host of other bold questions about the cosmos.

Shining a Light on Dark Galaxies

Oct 29, 2012

Dark galaxies – galaxies with few if any stars and made predominately of dense gas – have been impossible to detect directly until now. Members of an international team of astronomers discuss their discovery and the place these galaxies hold in the universe.