Our job as scientists is to find the truth. But we must also be storytellers | Nick Enfield

Science can ’t exist without telling a story. The question is not whether we should use it, but how we should use it bestScientists often struggle to communicate the findings of research. Our subject matter can be technical and not easily digested by a general audience. And our discoveries – from a new type of tessellating pentagon to the presence of gravitational waves in space – have no meaning until that meaning can be defined and agreed upon. To address this, we are often advised to use the tools of narrative.Related:Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin the evolutionary 'fairytale' of coralContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 20, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Nick Enfield Tags: Science Source Type: news