Our audiences need stories.
Science can't exist without telling a story. The question is not whether we should use it, but how we should use it best, writes Professor Nick Enfield. Scientists often struggle to communicate the findings of research. Our subject matter can be technical and not easily digested by a general audience. And our discoveries - from a new type of tessellating pentagon to the presence of gravitational waves in space - have no meaning until that meaning can be defined and agreed upon. To address this, we are often advised to use the tools of narrative. This advice is now found everywhere from training sessions to blogs to the most prominent scientific journals.
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