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Science communication: Scientist as star

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Sleep researcher Sara Mednick has straddled the line between media darling and respected scientist. But why is there still a line at all?

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  1. Erik Vance is a freelance writer in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.,

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Vance, E. Science communication: Scientist as star. Nature 468, 365–366 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/468365a

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