Speaking science in a fractured world: making truth land when facts alone cannot.

IF 3.6 2区生物学 Q1 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Development Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-30 DOI:10.1242/dev.205206

Rebecca M Calisi-Rodríguez, Kevin Alicea-Torres, Jamy C Peng, Nicole A Theodosiou, Crystal D Rogers

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Abstract

Scientific misinformation is a defining challenge of our time. As public trust in science declines and falsehoods spread faster than facts, the scientific community must rethink its role in public discourse. This Perspective draws on a scenario-based workshop entitled 'Truth Matters: Strengthening Science Communication to Counter Misinformation', conducted at the 20th International Congress of Developmental Biology in San Juan, Puerto Rico (June 2025), designed to train scientists in emotionally attuned, culturally responsive and effective communication strategies. At the joint conference with the International Society of Developmental Biology, the Society for Developmental Biology and the Latin American Society for Developmental Biology, we explored why misinformation persists, how identity and social belonging shape belief, and why empathy, not just evidence, is essential to making truth resonate. Here, we offer a call to action along with practical tools: to make scientific knowledge meaningful, we must communicate effectively and ensure it resonates with the broader public.

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在一个支离破碎的世界里讲科学：当事实本身无法实现时，让真理落地。

科学上的错误信息是我们这个时代的一个决定性挑战。随着公众对科学的信任度下降，谎言比事实传播得更快，科学界必须重新思考自己在公共话语中的角色。这一观点借鉴了在波多黎各圣胡安举行的第20届国际发育生物学大会（2025年6月）上举办的题为“真相很重要：加强科学传播以对抗错误信息”的基于场景的研讨会，该研讨会旨在培训科学家掌握情感协调、文化响应和有效的传播策略。在与国际发育生物学学会、发育生物学学会和拉丁美洲发育生物学学会的联合会议上，我们探讨了为什么错误信息持续存在，身份和社会归属如何塑造信念，以及为什么同理心，而不仅仅是证据，对于让真相产生共鸣至关重要。在此，我们提出了行动呼吁和实用工具：为了使科学知识有意义，我们必须进行有效沟通，并确保与更广泛的公众产生共鸣。

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Development 生物-发育生物学

CiteScore

6.70

自引率

4.30%

发文量

433

审稿时长

3 months

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