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  1. Introduction

  2. I. Writing Context and Process

    1. Discourse Communities

    2. Rhetorical Situation

    3. Peer Review

    4. Revision and Editing Strategies

  3. II. Style Conventions in the Sciences

    1. Video series: Sentence Mechanics and Grammar

    2. Style Tips for Effective Science Writing

    3. Natural Enemies: Metaphor or Misconception?

    4. Expository Writing Sample: Frothy Formations: Lattes in the Lab

  4. III. Voices in Science Writing: Race, Gender, and Culture

    1. 1. Indigenous Science: Proven, Practical and Timeless

    2. 2. A Window into the Indigenous Science of Some Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America

    3. 3. Indigenizing Science and Reasserting Indigeneity in Research

    4. 4. Weaving Indigenous and Sustainability Sciences to Diversify Our Methods

    5. 5. Traditional Knowledge in a Time of Crisis: Climate Change, Culture and Communication

    6. 6. Unnatural Selection: How Racism Warps Scientific Truths

    7. 7. There's No Such Thing as Objective Science

    8. 8. "The Finkbeiner Test"

    9. 9. Inequality Quantified: Mind the Gender Gap

  5. IV. Science Writing for Academia and Science Professions

    1. Writing for Academic Audiences

    2. Scientific Reports

    3. Video: Making Scientific Writing Painless

    4. Abstracts

    5. The Rhetorical Situation of the Scientific Paper and the "Appearance" of Objectivity

    6. Videos : Planning and Writing a Literature Review

    7. What is a Literature Review?

    8. How to Plan a Literature Review

    9. How to Write a Literature Review

  6. V. Ethical Research and Use of Sources

    1. Videos: Evaluating Research Sources and Using the Consortium Library

    2. Ethical Use of Sources

    3. Using Signal Phrases

  7. VI. Science Writing for the Public

    1. Using Narratives and Storytelling to Communicate Science with Nonexpert Audiences

    2. What’s the Best Way to Crack an Egg? How Physics Can Help You When You’re Making Your Next Soufflé

    3. Walking on Eggshells: Anatomy of a Science Story

  8. VII. Facts, Misinformation, and Pseudoscience

    1. Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers

    2. Video: Battling Bad Science

    3. We Can't Handle the Truth

    4. Misrepresentation and Distortion of Research in Biomedical Literature

    5. Health Misinformation and the Power of Narrative Messaging in the Public Sphere

      Timothy Caulfield et al.

    6. When Splashy Headlines Become the Goal of Science, the Process Suffers

    7. Defending Science: How the Art of Rhetoric Can Help

  9. VIII. Multimedia Science Writing

    1. Multi-Modal Communication: Writing in Five Modes

      1. THE FIVE MODES EXPLAINED
      2. THE FIVE MODES EXPLAINED

    2. Design

    3. Presentations

    4. Video: Giorgia Lupi: Finding Humanity in Data

  10. IX. APA Style

    1. APA Style: Links to Purdue OWL and APA websites

    2. Formatting Your Paper in APA

      1.  American Psychological Association (APA)
      2. Levels 1-3 Headings

    3. APA Citations: In-text Citations

      1. Parenthetical Citations
      2. Signal Phrase Citations
      3. Example of APA Style In-Text Citations

    4. APA Citations: References

      1. Reference Page Entries
      2. Examples of Reference Page Entries
      3. What is the DOI?
      4. Sample Reference Page

  11. Appendix

Writing and the Sciences: An Anthology

Walking on Eggshells: Anatomy of a Science Story

“Walking on Eggshells: Anatomy of a Science Story.” Authored by: Jennifer Ouellette. Located at: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/walking-on-eggshells-anatomy-of-a-science-story/

APA Citation

Ouellette, J. (2012, September 26). Walking on eggshells: Anatomy of a science story. Scientific American Blog Network. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/walking-on-eggshells-anatomy-of-a-science-story/

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Writing and the Sciences: An Anthology Copyright © 2020 by Sara Rufner is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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