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Date of publication Jan 19, 2026 es Category: Practice InsightThe global science festival Pint of Science has been organized since 2013 and is characterized by being an event where the scientific community communicates its research in a pleasant language to a non-specialized public in a decontracted environment, such as bars. In 2025, it was organized from May 19th to May 21st in 251 cities from 27 countries. Trelew city (Chubut, Argentina) witnessed its first Pint of Science in 2025, being the world’s australmost city where this event was held. With the objective of having a demographic sample of the public that attended the event and their opinions, we designed a survey that was distributed among the audience. One hundred and twenty-seven people explicitly authorized to use their responses in a publication. The responses were analyzed, and the results were compared with other published events of Pint of Science (Brazil and Thailand). From the comparison, some common demographic characteristics emerge (e.g., gender proportions and mean age). However, we should be cautious given the historical, social, and economic differences among the audiences of the different events. The public of PoS Trelew 2025 qualified the event as good and excellent.
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Date of publication Nov 19, 2025 pt Category: Article
Environmental Communication in Brazil: a plural and diverse area
This article maps the use of the term “Environmental Communication” in academic articles and postgraduate research within the context of Brazilian scholarship. While the circulation of environmental discourses has grown in professional settings, academic development in the field has not kept pace. There has been progress in epistemological debates surrounding environmental journalism, but this remains limited and needs to be expanded to other subfields. Concurrently, forms of communication employed by activists, social movements, traditional communities, and Indigenous peoples - who advocate for alternative relationships with nature - can be observed. Although these groups may not explicitly adopt the term 'environmental,' their communicative practices align with the principles of Latin American environmentalism. -
Date of publication Nov 10, 2025 pt Category: Article
Contributions of the relationship between arts and sciences to science communication in the current context: a literature mapping in Brazilian theses and dissertations on the theme
In this article, we investigate the relationship between arts and sciences as presented in Brazilian theses and dissertations from 2018 to 2022, aiming to understand their contributions as current strategies for science communication. We conducted qualitative research using literature mapping, based on a search in the Theses and Dissertations Archive from the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education – CAPES. After analyzing 61 studies, we inferred their typologies and main ideas. The results point to six approach perspectives for using this relationship in science communication, demonstrating its potential to contribute to a viewpoint that deconstructs hegemonic ideas about science. -
Date of publication Oct 27, 2025 es Category: Review
19th RedPOP Congress “Living Science: Connecting minds and communities””
The 19th Congress of the Latin American and Caribbean Network for the Popularisation of Science and Technology (RedPOP) ‘Living Science: Connecting Minds and Communities’ was held from 9 to 13 September in the city of Puebla, Mexico. The review describes a chronology of the most relevant activities carried out during the meeting between professionals, communicators and researchers in the field of science communication in Latin America. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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Date of publication Oct 13, 2025 es Category: Article
Mathematics festival in southern Chile: assessment of its impact on attitudes towards mathematics
This study evaluates how a Mathematics Festival influences students’ attitudes toward the discipline in a secondary school in southern Chile. Using an adapted version of the Attitudes Toward Mathematics Inventory (ATMI), the research reveals a positive impact on students’ appreciation of mathematics. A novel finding was a motivational difference by gender, with an increase among male students and a decrease among female students. The results highlight the relevance of such festivals in strengthening positive perceptions of mathematics and the need for inclusive approaches..
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Date of publication Sep 15, 2025 pt Category: Practice Insight
Girls in science: scientific management and communication
The present study establishes connections between science communication (SC) and social project management. The case of a SC event on gender equity in science with adolescents and female researchers is studied. Representative of a group of similar SC initiatives, the event is divided into six phases of a social project's life cycle, each of which is analyzed according to good management practices, identifying points where failure to apply these practices led to missed opportunities. In conclusion, it is recommended that SC projects do not fail to record and document their processes.
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Date of publication Sep 04, 2025 es Category: Article
Promoting scientific vocations among women from Campeche at the Science Workshop for Young People in Campeche
This paper investigates and analyzes the motivations of high school women students from Campeche, Mexico, to ingress in the “Taller de Ciencia para Jóvenes Campeche” (TCJ, Science Workshop for Young People in spanish), an initiative aimed at promoting scientific careers. Using the qualitative technique of content analysis, we infer how their experience in this workshop leads them to consider a scientific career in the future. -
Date of publication Jul 22, 2025 pt Category: Article
Science museums as spaces of non-formal education: the history of public visitation and social appropriation of the Prof. Mello Leitão Biology Museum
This article examines the history of public visitation at the Prof. Mello Leitão Biology Museum (MBML) from 1949 to 2023, including an analysis of the objectives behind scheduled visits in 2022 and 2023. The methodology was based on bibliographic research, document analysis, and thematic categorization of visit purposes. Since its foundation, MBML has prioritized scientific research, but over the years, it has become an important space for education and culture. Its transition to federal management brought significant implications for public engagement. Among the main motivations for guided visits are: Biodiversity and Conservation (30%), History and Culture (26%), and Environmental Education (17%).
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Date of publication Jun 30, 2025 pt Category: Article
Science Disinformation, Pandemics and Social Media in Argentina and Brazil: Building a Transnational Social Problem
This article discusses the infodemic in Argentina and Brazil. Based on the sociology of social problems approach, it analyses the discourse and practices of 17 interviewees who are involved in raising public awareness and influencing political decision-makers regarding the effects of the infodemic. The results show that they condemn the politicisation of scientific information. In both countries, the interviewees have questioned the effectiveness of state regulation and platform self-regulation, emphasising the need to improve the media's science reporting, invest in science literacy, and develop fact-checking strategies to prevent the spread of scientific misinformation
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Date of publication Jun 16, 2025 pt Category: Article
Accusation and defense in media coverage of Covid-19: the CFM in Folha de S. Paulo and Gazeta do Povo
This study analyzes the coverage of Folha de S. Paulo and Gazeta do Povo regarding the actions of the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) during the Covid-19 pandemic. Using content analysis, we examined how the newspapers portrayed the CFM’s stance on treatment and vaccination. “Early treatment” was the most frequent topic (40%), and “politicians” were the most cited actors (28%). While 96% of the texts published by Gazeta defended the CFM, 98% of those published by Folha criticized the institution.