[Editors] Interesting article on science communications

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Thought many of you would find the following piece of interest. I have
personally found that most scientists (and engineers!) really do care about
communicating their work to the public, and will work hard with me to
create stories that do so.

Elizabeth

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Elizabeth Thomson
MIT Resource Development
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Please Explain: Training Scientists to Be Better Communicators
http://chronicle.com/article/Please-Explain-Training/65560/?key=S2MndFI8NnRFZ3I1LCpEK3BXbX0qdhgrPy5HYCoaZlxT
Less than half of Americans believe in evolution, and that's
partly scientists' fault.
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