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51 Extended Throwback: Precarious Postdocs - with Gary McDowell | Science for Progress

Postdocs are, besides graduate students, the main workforce in academic research. Following the PhD, the postdoc position is the only way to follow a research career within academia. Many PhDs around the world are advised to go to the USA for a postdoc – or two – because it is known for its la...

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49 Times of Crisis - Conspiracy Myths and SciComm - with B&D | Science for Progress

For this episode, Bart and I had a rather spontaneous chat about conspiracy beliefs and science communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. Worldwide conspiracy myths about SARS-CoV-2 appear to be on the rise, and conspiracy narrators team up with other cranks in demonstrations – ‘hygiene demos....

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SciComm as Career Development Tool - Dmitry Kopelyanskiy Dmitry - Science speaker

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For this episode, Dennis talked to Dmitry Kopelyanskiy, a contest-winning science communicator who gives entertaining science talks on stage – mostly about his own research on tropical diseases. But here, Dmitry also talks about his academic career odyssey (from Russia to Switzerland via Israel and Germany), his path to science communication, and his involvement in “Skills for Scientists” – a career development program at the University of Lausanne.

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46 Scientists for Future - with Thomas Loew | Science for Progress

New episode!

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The initial statement of Scientists for Future in support of Fridays for Future came out just at the right time. In the public debate, it was a swift response to politicians who were trying to mute the student strikes by telling them to “leave it to the experts”. In reality, scientists who had b...

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Finally a new episode! @BartGeurten and I discuss Online Teaching, SciComm, and the Populist Fringes

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“Norecopa is Norway's National Consensus Platform for the advancement of "the 3 Rs" (Replacement, Reduction, Refinement) in connection with animal experiments. ” https://t.co/54xqlwcdDP

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First Flight on Another Planet! https://t.co/GKCo44Gg89

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Why accurate history education is extremely important.
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In the 1960s, the Brambell report which focused on farm/livestock animals became the basis of the ‘Five Freedoms’ model of animal welfare which has endured. Intended as sign posts, some considered the ‘freedoms’ unrealistic/aspirational. As though ideal welfare would look like 🦄 https://t.co/cy9C7UZjFA

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Can you improve a burnt cake by describing it better?! We need your help to convince scientists planning animal studies to start on day 1: better validity & welfare. Pls forward. Shameless plug for PREPARE, which covers *all* aspects of experimental design https://t.co/WiPxIV6Dv9