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A recent paper (nature.com/articles/s41562-025) found that when a scientific explanation is poor (e.g. circular or vague), jargon makes it seem better.

This finding gives context to what we observed in online media coverage of alternative medicine (doi.org/10.1525/collabra.82189). Over half the media articles used pseudoscientific jargon and vague claims to mimic scientific authority.

Jargon can be a powerful tool for persuasive nonsense.⚠️

Three new ERC Proof of Concept grants in Göttingen!

Congratulations to Professors Lutz Ackermann, Timo Betz and Jörg Enderlein and their teams! Initiatives to boost economy and society: uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html

ERC Grant funding to build on the innovation potential of their research findings #GreenTechnology #DrugDevelopment #BiomedicalImaging #MaterialsScience #Agriculture

Images thanks to Alexey Chizhik #ScienceCommunication

#Melbourne Friends!

Sydney event sold out tonight, but next week, we're bringing Katie down your way for several events, which are also close to selling out. Grab your tickets quick!

Here are the links:

1. Science Communication Panel feat. Dr Katie Mack, Dr Kirsten Banks, Dr Sara Webb, Rami Mandow and moderated by Prof. Alan Duffy. Event hosted at Swinburne University of Technology / OzGrav.
Tickets: ozgrav.org/event/science-commu

2. Later that the evening at Swinburne and with OzGrav, Katie's public lecture on 'The End of Everything'.
Tickets: swinburne.edu.au/events/2025/0

3. Join Katie and Alicia Sometimes for a special Art meets Science event at The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas
Tickets: wheelercentre.com/events-ticke

4. Katie is teaming up with Aussie QueersInScience scientists for a fun, science-in-the-pub evening, which will also feature Rami Mandow, Catriona Vi Nguyen-Robertson, Krystal De Napoli, Deanne Fisher and hosted by Chloe Mackallah.
Tickets: queersinscience.org.au/event/q

All events are nearing 80% capacity, so you better jump in and grab a ticket soon, before they're all gone. Please share with your networks too!

OzGravScience Communication Panel: Telling the Stories of the Universe - OzGrav

New events announced: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-e

Organised for researchers across Göttingen and everyone welcome. Postdoc Social on Thurs 10 July. Join researchers for a Walk&Talk on 25 July and check out the #ScienceCommunication club meet-ups.

#Interdisciplinary #GetOutOfTheLab #StrongerTogether

If you are a postdoc, get with the #GCPostdocNetwork: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc. We are already planning Göttingen’s #PostdocFair2026 on 12 March 2026

🤩 It's #QuantenDienstag again, so it's time for another question we received via the #Quantenpost from our "Light and Matter” exhibition at the Deutsches Museum.

📮 At the Quantenpost station, museum visitors write down their questions – and the MCQST community answers.

➡️ Read the Quantenpost: mcqst.de/quantenpost/

#Quantumphysics #ScienceCommunication #PublicEngagement #LightAndMatter #QuantumExhibition #Ezellenzcluster #WissKomm #IYQ2025 #Quantum2025 #Quantemtraeume

@dfg_public

🚨 Video alert! Our latest multimedia piece is out and we are excited to share it with you ▶️

🔎 What is this video about?: The visualizations in this video provide a colorful and creative representation of our modelling endeavors. Additionally, the captivating images demonstrate the playful fluctuations of various components of our Earth system, including clouds, aerosols, thermal radiation, and temperature, over the course of the present and future years — specifically between 2021 and 2030.

📽️ Video creation: This illustrative work has been produced with the Earth System models used by #nextGEMS: ICON and IFS-FESOM. #ICON is a model was developed by the @MPI_Meteo and the German Climate Computing Center, while hashtag#IFS-FESOM developed by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.

🌐 Don't miss out on this visual #ClimateModelling venture! Watch out video here: nextgems-h2020.eu/media-librar 🎦

How do I maintain my patience when an old friend has lost touch of reality to the extent his (maybe?) earnest questions annoy the shit out of me?

Dude used ChatGPT to send me a WaPo article which attempts to calm the "climate alarmist" (quotes mine, not the article's) because climate has always been changing. Here is the link (I can't read the article, nor even see who wrote it, because I am not a subscriber, but I can see the graphic):

washingtonpost.com/climate-env

#ClimateCastatrophe
#ClimateChange
#ClimateDenial
#ScienceCommunication

The Washington Post · Scientists have captured Earth’s climate over the last 485 million years. Here’s the surprising place we stand now.By Sarah Kaplan

📰✨ We’re in the news! ✨📰

Soapbox Science Brussels has been featured by @RTBF for bringing science into the public space.

🚀 On June 28, 12 brilliant women scientists will step onto soapboxes to share their research with passersby, making science visible, approachable, and inspiring.

🗞️ Read the full article here:
👉 rtbf.be/article/douze-femmes-s

💜 Thank you to our speakers, volunteers, and curious audience — together, we’re reshaping what science looks like.

RTBF.be · Douze femmes scientifiques dans l’espace public à Bruxelles pour lutter contre les stéréotypes - RTBF ActusBy Par @les-grenades-352 - Camille Wernaers

📢 Save the date! Our next IRIS Insights is coming up this Thursday, June 26 at 2:00 PM (CEST).

We’re delighted to welcome Prof. Monilola Olayioye, who will speak on:
🎙️ "Tumors in Dishes: New Opportunities for Personalized Medicine"

In her talk, Prof. Olayioye will explore how patient-derived tissue samples can be used to advance cancer treatment. She’ll share insights from the 3R-US team on developing human tumor models – often called “tumors in dishes” – and how they are applied in the lab to test new therapies. The talk will also highlight approaches like bioprinting, alternatives to animal testing, and cancer biotherapeutics designed to activate the immune system.

🎯 The goal: more personalized and more effective cancer therapies.

This is the third talk in our IRIS Insights series, which showcases interdisciplinary research from the IRIS community and provides a space for dialogue across fields.

🗓️ Thursday, 26 June
🕑 2:00 PM (CEST)
🔗 Join via Webex – link in bio/comments
🗣️ Language: English

We’re looking forward to an inspiring session and hope to see you online!

#IRISInsights #CancerResearch #3R #PersonalizedMedicine #Bioprinting #TumorModels #ScienceCommunication #SRFIRIS #UnivStuttgart
#BiomedicalResearch #Immunotherapy #FutureOfMedicine #TranslationalResearch #HumanTissueModels #NoAnimalTesting #OpenScience
#LifeSciences #HealthInnovation #AcademicTalk #InterdisciplinaryResearch #MedicalInnovation #WomenInScience #ScienceEvent #UniversityResearch

IRIS Board of Directors
Prof. Dr. André Bächtiger
Prof. Dr. Reinhold Bauer
Prof. Dr. Sibylle Baumbach
Dr. Miriam K.
Prof. Dr. @ai Staab
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Maria Wirzberger

New events by #GCPostdocNetwork: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-e

Organised for researchers across Göttingen & everyone welcome. Postdoc Social on Thurs 12 June and BBQ Grillfest following week. Join researchers for a Walk&Talk on 27 June & check out the #ScienceCommunication club meet-ups in June & July.

#Interdisciplinary #GetOutOfTheLab #StrongerTogether

And if you are a postdoc, get with the Network: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc

Finding solutions – including answers, coffee, beer & more – together!