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The surprising power of celebrity stories for science communication
Robin Bisson, director of Genetic Expert News Service (GENeS), discusses the powerful combination of science and celebrities. Angelina Jolie is probably the most famous person to have had a double mastectomy and reconstructive breast surgery. An interesting little study recently found that media coverage of Angelina Jolie’s decision to go under the knife increased public … Continue reading
Categories: Biology Week, Policy
Tags: Angelina Jolie, celebrity, genetics, media, public engagement, public perception, scicomm, science, science communication
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What do you mean ‘it’s unnatural’?
By Anna Wilkinson, Programme Officer, Nuffield Council on Bioethics Nature is important to us. Most people agree we need to take care of the natural environment and it is only the hardest of hearts that finds themselves unmoved by the beauty and complexity of the natural the world. Caring about naturalness might be different though. … Continue reading
Categories: Nature, Policy
Tags: bioethics, ethics, natural, nuffield council on bioethics, public engagement, public perception, unnatural
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