Mason Posner teaches anatomy and physiology, marine and vertebrate biology at Ashland University in Ohio. He does research on the evolution and function of the vertebrate eye lens and has interests in undergraduate research and teaching technology. He leads a Biology capstone courses on science communication.
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Does good climate reporting make a difference?

This week in my undergrad science communication course my students discussed whether it was possible to change an anti-science, denialist perspective with good communication techniques.  There was a mix of perspectives, but one view was that people will believe what they want, and will disregard scientific evidence to the contrary.

I thought about this conversation while [...]

Meteorologists vs. climatologists

There is little doubt among climatologists that the world is getting warmer and that human activity is the primary cause.  The World’s governments have accepted this concept, although at the just ended UN conference in Poland they have not reached much agreement on how to slow these climatic changes.  But it seems word has not [...]