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Subject Guideline: Science Communication
Begin the process by selecting an underdeveloped topic with an abundance of peer-reviewed sources that you may find interesting. Start and stub are articles are especially good choices. When looking for sources, they should be reliable published secondary sources such as articles and textbooks, rather than just research papers. News sources should have a reputation for fact-checking and should be based more on the science itself than the excitement of the discovery. Avoid press releases, blogs, and university websites, When evaluating sources, consider the author's background, the content's bias, and the publisher's reliability. The general structure for writing about research is the lead, background, findings,alternative hypotheses, and impact. When writing about a new discovery, include the discovery process. Remember your audience is a general reader so you will have to translate scientific language so that it is understandable. Original research is not allowed by Wikipedia, so don't draw your own conclusions from the sources and just let the facts speak for themselves.