Tapas Goswami*

Former Scientist Emeritus (ICAR, India) Presently Institute of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Siksha and Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, India

*Corresponding Author: Tapas Goswami, Former Scientist Emeritus (ICAR, India) Presently Institute of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Siksha and Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, India.

Received: August 08, 2024; Published: August 23, 2024

Abstract

Very often scientific community fail to recall their responsibility to explain the work generated from their lab table to public level. Every citizen has a right to know what is the outcome of scientific research continuing in their country and how it is beneficial for their day-to-day life. To eliminate adverse gap between scientist and public, the scientific information should not be polarised rather to be popularized. PopSci is acronym of science popularization invariably used in scientific journal. Lay man never understands science language, similarly they never expect too much precession in scientific data presentation. Preferably people like to get the big picture published in their language without much detail. So, popularization of science is our collective responsibility, not yours not mine.

 Keywords: Knowledge; Popular Science; Public; Society; Science

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Citation

Citation: Tapas Goswami. “Critical Science Should Leave White Lab Coat to Enter Public Court as PopSci”.Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 8.9 (2024): 108-110.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2024 Tapas Goswami. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.