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Asked by ConorR16 to Liv G on 15 Jan 2024.
Question: what is pop science?
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Liv Gaskill answered on 15 Jan 2024:
Pop science is short for “popular science” and it comes from making science more accessible to the general public/non-scientists.
For example, I co-host a pop-science podcast and our listeners are people who are interested in science but who may not be scientists themselves. Therefore, we make sure to explain concepts and topics in a way they can understand and still find interesting.
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Martin M commented on :
Liv has got it right… Pop science is popular science… Science presented in a way that makes in more understandable to the public and non-scientists in general. Often pop science is fronted by well-established TV personalities like David Attenborough who have established profiles for themselves in popularising science.
I often go out to schools and deliver talks and do meet the scientist events to try and breakdown the barriers that people think exist, but don’t, between scientists and the public.
Hannah F commented on :
Pop science can be applying science to non-traditional settings to help engage the public too. For example I recently was able to apply my expertise in the psychology of deception to comment in the media on the TV show The Traitors. This is a great way of raising the profile of psychology and helping the general public to see how important it is to everyday life.