❓ Want to know what it can be like and what all you can learn when joining a big scientific conference even without being a scientist yourself? If your answer is "Yes", then check out the blog post linked below, written by our team member Bärbel Winkler while attending this year's General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) held in Vienna and online from May 4 to 8.

Oral sessions Bärbel attended focused on ...
➡️ best practices for science communication and outreach
➡️ how non-specialist audiences can learn about scientific topis
➡️ how students in different age groups can be introduced to science
➡️ the ethical, social, and cultural responsibilities geoscientists hold beyond pure research

Short courses provided input about ..
➡️ the intersection of science and public policy
➡️ what science diplomacy is about
➡️ how to create an engaging short presentation
➡️ how misinformation can be countered and science defended

➡️ A Union Symposium focused on how human responses to climate change are shaped not only by scientific evidence but also by moral values, psychological dynamics, cultural identities, and religious beliefs.

➡️ A Great Debate about Geoengineering raised the question whether these concepts are actually a distraction from the urgent need for climate adaptation and mitigation. Some significant ethical fears were raised, particularly that large-scale testing might occur on Indigenous or disenfranchised lands without consent.

The whole week provided a lot of "food for thought" and the blog post shows that!

https://skepticalscience.com/egu26-personal-diary.html?utm-source=mastodon&utm-campaign=socialnetworks&utm-term=sks

#EGU26 #ScienceConference #ScienceCommunication

@BaerbelW @EuroGeosciences

Missing information can misinform

UC San Diego 연구에 따르면, 온라인 주목 경제에서 과학 정보를 더 클릭 유도형으로 만들면 일부 독자는 더 많이 배우지만, 많은 이들은 불완전한 이해를 하게 된다. 클릭을 유도하는 요약은 사실과 다르지 않지만, 연구 방법과 샘플 크기 같은 핵심 세부 정보가 빠져 오해를 낳을 수 있다. AI가 작성한 요약도 같은 경향을 보여, 내용의 목적에 따른 정보 손실 문제가 본질적임을 시사한다. 이는 과학 커뮤니케이션에서 흥미를 유발하면서도 정확한 정보를 전달하는 균형의 어려움을 보여준다.

https://today.ucsd.edu/story/missing-information-can-misinform

#sciencecommunication #misinformation #attentioneconomy #behavioraleconomics #aisummarization

Ich habe vor kurzem mit Rasmus Cloes vom Leibniz-Institut für Präventionsforschung und Epidemiologie – BIPS GmbH im Digital Public Health Podcast über Möglichkeiten & Herausforderungen des Fediverse in der Wissenschaftskommunikation meines Arbeitsfeldes gesprochen. Dabei war es mir wichtig, einige Parallelen aufzuzeigen zwischen Diskursen, die wir seit Jahren in Forschung und Praxis der Gesundheitsförderung führen und die ich andererseits auch im Zusammenhang mit der Rolle von gemeinwohlorientierten sozialen Medien erlebe.
In beiden Feldern geht es z.B. darum Menschen zu empowern, demokratische Prozesse zu stärken und notwendige Strukturen aufzubauen. Es gibt viel, was man voneinander lernen kann und gerade für die Gesundheitsförderung ist das Fediverse von großer Bedeutung. Das Potential des Fediverse wird aber dort bisher (noch!) nicht genutzt.

Webseite der Episode: https://digitalpublichealthpodcast.buzzsprout.com

Mediendatei: https://episode.flightcast.com/srkurptbp8ucyup7kjupotlv.mp3

#Fediverse #Wissenschaftskommunikation #ScienceCommunication #Gesundheitsförderung #BIPS

Wikipedia now rejects AI-generated articles, aiming to protect reliability. A signal that knowledge platforms are tightening rules as AI content grows online.

https://www.science-et-vie.com/technos-et-futur/wikipedia-interdit-les-articles-generes-par-intelligence-artificielle-et-ce-nest-quun-debut-pour-lensemble-du-web-233037.html

#Wikipedia #AI #ScienceCommunication #Knowledge #Web

🐾🎈 Birthday balloons begin “failing” long before they touch the floor.
The helium escapes invisibly. The wrinkles appear quietly. The balloon still floats anyway.
That “slow sink” became an unexpected Rosetta-layer bridge into some of the HybridMind42 Phase 5 work on: • persistence • hidden leakage • threshold failure • and precursor states.
Not because balloons are physics — but because sometimes human-scale experiences help us feel difficult mechanics before we formalize them.
Marvin understood immediately, of course. 🐈‍⬛✨
The helium drifts away. The celebration remains.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18nxpqcNpM/

#HybridMind42 #Marvin #Persistence #Physics #ComplexSystems #ScienceCommunication #Entropy #Thresholds #CatsOfMastodon

Oil will never truly "run out." It will become irrelevant — just as whale oil did in the 19th century.

"Reserves" aren't a tank draining to zero. They're a moving threshold shaped by geology, technology, market prices, thermodynamics, and geopolitics.

A deep dive for curious non specialists.

📄 Abstract in English. Full essay in Bahasa Indonesia.
🔗 https://medium.com/geological-controversies/mengapa-minyak-bumi-tidak-pernah-benar-benar-habis-995f815aa21f

#EnergyPolicy #Geology #OilAndGas #EnergyTransition
#ScienceCommunication

🎊 Überraschung: Ich erzähle am 22. Juni auf dem University:Future Festival was zum Thema technische Wissenschaftskommunikation! Mehr hier: https://festival.hfd.digital/de/programm-2026/

#Wisskomm #ScienceCommunication #Technikkommunikation #DigitaleBildung #FutureOfEducation #UniversityFutureFestival #UFF26 #Informatik #Digitalisierung #Tech #Podcast #TechPodcast #MINTBildung #ITWissen #TechnikVerstehen #Wissenschaftskommunikation #FutureSkills

🎬 Video Fact-Check

"I Read Every Electrolyte Study. The Industry Is Lying."
by Menno Henselmans

The video investigates marketing claims around electrolyte products and the scientific basis for their use. A review was conducted to assess the accuracy of the arguments presented.

#Electrolytes #ScienceCommunication #FactCheck

https://s.fitbodyscience.com/5DYPym