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The Promise & Pitfalls of Public Outreach Part 2: Writing About Science, When You’re Not A Scientist

 

I’m often surprised by how much scientists think the general public knows about their fields of study. For example, a researcher I was interviewing recently said “Surely most people know what tissue engineering is?†Actually, I think most people probably have no idea what tissue engineering is. We have to explain it to them.

 

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