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Dutch youth unfamiliar with native animal speciesFor the first time research has been done on species literacy in the Netherlands. Children in primary schools know about 1 in 3 native animal species....
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Outreach programme spaceEU launched at one of the world’s largest science festivalsOn 5 September, spaceEU was launched at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, one of the world’s largest science, technology and media art festivals. ...
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Leiden students help children from The Hague: 'Now I can read and understand what I've read.'There is an enormous disparity between children from low and high socio-economic backgrounds. In the Leiden Tutor Programme Leiden students and scient...
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How do you make citizen science successful?Mapping out the problem of plastic pollution requires a lot of data over a large area. That's why scientists are increasingly turning to volunteers fo...
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Tackling local societal challenges through scienceBringing science, technology and innovation to places that normally do not have access to these areas of knowledge. This is the goal of the first Open...
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FameLab: young scientists take the stageIn FameLab contestants explain their research to the public in a three-minute presentation – without using PowerPoint or other presentation tools. The...
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Fake or real? What children think of dinosaur fossils and replicasChildren find that both dinosaur fossils and replicas belong in a museum, but they appreciate the real objects more. This is shown by research from Le...
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Throw a party for science communicationAlthough both government and the public would like scientists to share their work with the widest possible audience, this does not always seem an easy...
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Leiden scientists and students in the media about Stephen HawkingTheoretical physicist Stephen Hawking passed away in his hometown of Cambridge on 14 March. Newspapers, radio and television stations interviewed Lei...
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Cutting edge science research to broaden youth participation in science & technology fieldsOn 7 February, the first co-creation event of the Expanding (Event) Horizons project took place at Leiden University. Nearly 30 educators, scientists ...
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Exaggeration in medical news starts with the press releaseMedical research is often exaggerated in the news. Medical journalists are not the only ones guilty of such sloppiness; results are also often exagger...
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Dr. Julia Cramer wins the NWO Minerva Prize for 2017Julia Cramer is the winner of NWO's Minerva Prize for 2017. Cramer will receive the prize for her research in the field of quantum science and technol...
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Math trail LeidenThe Math trail Leiden has been developed as part of a final project of the Master specialisation Science Communication and Society of Leiden Universit...
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Cartoons help children decide on participation in researchChildren are often able to decide for themselves whether they want to take part in medical research. In order to be able to make an informed decision,...
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‘Communication, too, has to be based in science'Science communication is a lot more than writing a column or giving a lecture now and then. The communication itself also has to be firmly based in so...