Brainstorming session

How do we make science cooler?

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Darko Savic Sep 24, 2020

science careers

Creative contributions

Break the language barrier

Subash Chapagain Oct 07, 2020

Shubhankar Kulkarni3 months ago

I very much agree with you and would love to see language-independent science outreach. I think I can identify why that rarely happens. Learning in your native language and performing professionally are two different things that seldom go together. You may learn in your native language but when it comes to getting a job, you have limited options since most of the jobs require one of the more common languages. For example, we started gathering papers for a systematic meta-analysis a few months back. We had to reject papers that were not in English for the only reason that we could not understand them. I am sure the authors had done a wonderful job with their research, but they published them in a language most others do not understand. Similar to what we did, others, too, might have rejected that paper just because it was not in English. If your work does not reach more people from your professional community, it is hard for you to grow. You might remain local in this global world. There are those who do not want to get global. But for the majority, that is not the case. Even the governments, then, enforce education in English. In India, schools teach science and maths in the native languages, but few universities provide that option. Most students who studied science in schools in the native language then shift to English in their under-grad years.

Subash Chapagain3 months ago

Darko Savic3 months ago

Parents don't know what children could be pointed toward

Darko Savic Oct 09, 2020

by giving science the tools

Martina Pesce Oct 22, 2020

Combining science with art

Shubhankar Kulkarni Oct 01, 2020

Videographers, pick your favorite scientist and make them a star

Darko Savic Oct 05, 2020

Prospect of an exciting future

Darko Savic Nov 22, 2020

Feed the curiosity of the kids

Subash Chapagain Sep 24, 2020