New Voices is Now on Facebook

As some of you may know, New Voices began as a private online community. It had the same mission - to empower early-career researchers to become advocates for research - that we have here in the public spaces today. However, the idea was that some scientists might feel uncomfortable talking about issues in places their advisors might have access too, and that communicating about science and advocating for research were a bit taboo in the scientific community.

As that trend changes, and more and more young scientists are interested in communicating about research to their communities and elected officials, we're breaking out of our shells and going public with the New Voices for research community. First with the blog in December 2008, then with Twitter in March 2010, and now with Facebook in 2011.

We hope you'll become a fan and join us in our quest to become advocates for research!

New Voice Sheril Kirshenbaum on the Today Show!

In the lead up to one of Hallmark's favorite holidays, there's no doubt that kissing will be on the minds and lips of lots of people around the world. Which is perfect for New Voice Sheril Kirshenbaum; her new book The Science of Kissing explores the history and science of kissing. We'll be reviewing the book later this month, but we're offering congratulations this afternoon since Sheril's book tour included a segment on NBC's Today show this morning. Here it is in case you missed it:

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Congratulations Sheril!

(I'm only on Chapter 3, but it's a great read so far and definitely worth picking up for some sweet reading.)

How To: Make Your Video Go Viral

New Voices recently began our Tuneage Tuesday series (which will resume again next week on February 8th). So that made us interested in how video information in particular gets passed around the Internet. Blogger Adrienne Royer of Cosmopolitan Conservative shared this image recently, and it speaks for itself. 

How do you use videos online? How do you typically forward the videos you like (if at all)? What types of Tuneage would you like to see in our video and audio selections for upcoming Tuesdays?