A number of international organizations are working towards bringing together the best and the brightest in the fields of science for the benefit of society. The International Council for Science (ICSU) is one such organization and on its website visitors can read about the organization's latest work, learn about their its programs, and read various reports and press releases. Visitors looking to...

The Naked Scientists Podcast is a weekly podcast dedicated to communicating the latest scientific news and research to members of the general public. First aired in 2001, (making the show "one of the first podcasts to exist"), each podcast features interviews with scientists and discussion about a range of scientific issues. Some episodes of these hour-long podcasts feature multiple science...

Tune into one of NPR's newest podcasts, Short Wave, for a scientific spin on daily news. New episodes are released every weekday, each averaging around 10 minutes in length. Short Wave allows listeners to develop a more complex understanding of today's headlines, with time to spare. Madeline Sofia hosts the podcast, building on her previous work at NPR. Prior to this position, she hosted the video...

Launched in 2004, Phys.org's Physics News covers a staggering array of science topics, from mathematics to earth science to nanotechnology and beyond. The Physics News section publishes several original articles per day, categorized by subjects including General Physics, Optics & Photonics, Quantum Physics, and Condensed Matter. In addition to the news items that appear in order of publication...

This article from Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) documents how scientific news is made and perpetuated. The authors found evidence that "journal articles described in press releases, in particular those described first or second in the press release, are associated with the subsequent publication of newspaper stories on the same topic." Though not a surprising result, the...

The team behind ScienceNordic describes this online publication as "the trusted English-language source for science from Nordic countries." ScienceNordic is authored by Forskning.no and Videnskab.dk, science news organizations based out of Norway and Denmark, respectively. Visitors can browse this blog by a number of categories, including Health, Society and Cultures (where visitors will find...