IT'S a challenging time to be a science communicator. The current pandemic, climate crisis, and concerns over new technologies from artificial intelligence to genetic modification by CRISPR demand public accountability, clear discussion and the ability to disagree in public. TOSS GASCOIGNE, Visiting fellow, Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University JOAN LEACH, Professor, Australian National University However, science communication is not new to challenge. The 20th century can be read as a long argument for science communication in the interest of the public good. Since the Second World War, there have been many efforts to negotiate a…