title: Telling it like it is.
abstract: Following a year of public engagement activities associated with the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, Alison Woollard explains why scientists need to communicate with the public.
authors.affiliation: 1Alison Woollard is at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Woollard
mesh_terms: D057231:Climate Change; D003142:Communication; D003256:Community Participation; D006801:Humans; D011640:Public Policy
keywords: outreach; public engagement; social media