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Science AND US

Like many students, Kat Huang participated in science fairs. Her favorite part was the public viewing. She liked sharing her work with everyone from 5-year-olds to professional engineers. But she loved the moment when—click—someone understood. When science made sense. “I found that I enjoyed not just doing the science and doing the research, but also talking about it and making sure people of all backgrounds are able to understand what I was working on,” she says.

This is the power of science communication. Kat says science communication is “not about adding more science to your life. It’s about giving people more appreciation for the science that’s already

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