So Long and Thanks for All the SciComm
file under: PROCESS NOTESthis one is from: AMBIKA Almost two years ago, when I was starting to think about moving away from academia, I was faced with many...
Facts, feelings, and the end of the world
Scicomm & sensemaking as relates to cognitive dissonance
Why Write?
file under: THE STACK this one is from: AMBIKA In the last few months, we’ve somehow created an impromptu series on the craft of writing. I wanted to end...
Writing As Conversation
file under: PROCESS NOTES this one is from: AMBIKA To think about writing as a conversation between a writer and a reader is crucial to effective written...
A Writing Case Study
file under: PROCESS NOTESthis one is from: ED(!) A quick note: this is a cross-post from Ed Yong’s newsletter, The Ed’s Up. In this post, Ed’s talking about...
Writing about Writing
file under: THE STACK this one is from: AMBIKA Sometime last week, I sat down to write this post and titled it, rather grandly, “The Joys of Writing.” It was...
So What Do You Do?
file under: PROCESS NOTES this one is from: LIZ Last December, Ambika and I took a large roll of paper, unfurled it across my dining room table, and started...
On Book Talks and Suitcases
file under: PROCESS NOTESthis one is from: AMBIKA & LIZ From Ambika: Before I joined Liminal, I worked as an evolutionary biologist studying animal behavior....
Balancing the Bitter: Making the Most of Something I Hate
file under: PROCESS NOTESthis one is from: AMBIKA I just finished reading a book that I expected to like. Instead, I really, really, do not like it, for no...
A 'Conversation' Piece
file under: PROCESS NOTESthis one is from: LIZ I am evidently a bit of a monster: I am unbothered by, and sometimes even enjoy, listening to recordings of my...
Announcing the Liminal Collective!
file under: PROCESS NOTESthis one is from: AMBIKA At the heart of everything we do at Liminal is our conviction that science communication is not just one...
Bravely taking the stage
file under: IN CONVERSATIONthis one is from: LIZ I’m still thinking about courage and this idea that courage is like a muscle. How do we flex it? What does...
Odds and Ends
file under: THE STACKthis one is from: AMBIKA For this edition of Making Science Make Sense, we’ve assembled a collection of things that we (and some of our...
Moments, Memories, Meaning
file under: PROCESS NOTESthis one is from: AMBIKA I recently ran my first workshop as a member of Liminal! It was about telling the story of one’s journey in...
The Case for (Scientific) Courage
file under: IN CONVERSATION this one is from: LIZ In my last post, I wrote about recognizing and reclaiming power over your career choices. But I couldn’t...
Breaking the Spell
file under: SOLICITED ADVICE. this one is from: LIZ. In 2009, Vanity Fair hooked me with a story about how fishing policy transformed Iceland into “a machine...
Science Communication in the Land of the Elephant Seals
file under: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE. this one is from: AMBIKA. Here on the California coast, the start of the winter heralds the arrival of northern elephant...
Why Trust Science?
file under: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE. this one is from: AMBIKA. Every time I go to the doctor, I give myself a pep talk beforehand. I remind myself that I...
When an immovable fact meets an unstoppable feeling
file under: SOLICITED ADVICE. this one is from: LIZ. When my husband and I were invited to join Slate’s Dear Prudence podcast, I was thrilled to be tasked...