Big Bang

For this issue on different media used for science communication, Miguel Vissers dug deeper on a quote that has long survived the speaker: “The medium is the message.”

...you’ll get what you’ve always got. The famous saying with unknown origins, and attributed to a variety of people, came to mind as I started reflecting on this edition of Big Bang . The diversity of science communication approaches that are used to reach different publics has changed over the years. But has what science communicators do really changed, or are we still doing what we always did? Let’s have a closer look. Once upon a time in Belgium Some of the work of Geert V

On April 25, 1953, a short paper appeared in the journal Nature that changed the world.1 It was barely a page long and contained a single, simple diagram. But what stands out today isn’t just the discovery of the DNA double helix; it is the quiet, unassuming confidence of the opening sentence: “We wish to suggest a structure for the salt of deoxyribose nucleic acid (D.N.A).”

A conversation with two seasoned science communicators, Désiré De Poot & Sooike Stoops

When we talk about science communication, we are usually referring to text and audio, maybe some video, and the odd event. But there are many more ways to convey science to different publics. Here, we showcase those who have broken the mold to come up with innovative ways to communicate science.

How Ben Verhoeven started a new theater genre in Flanders