Everything Astronomy Episode #014: Tom Levenson Everything Astronomy

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0:00 Intro 

0:07 The validity of science communication as news in light of Covid-19 

10:20 The differences between scientific papers and science news  

15:15 The efficiency of science communication  

21:33 The importance of storytelling in scientific communication 

26:00 The preparation involved with scientific communication beyond reading research papers

32:24 The failure to engage with science as a large human enterprise 

38:58 How some scientific ideas were ignored initially but accepted later by other scientists

43:31 Professor Levenson’s approach to writing about scientific discoveries

48:18 The gaps in the history of our scientific knowledge

59:49 The most interesting scientific stories that Professor Levenson has read about 

1:03:50 Conclusion