October 08, 2022

In Collaboration with Dictionary.com, Museum of Science Brings ‘Science Word of the Week’

T The Museum of Science, Boston and Dictionary.com announce their new partnership to help millions of people understand science through the weekly digital video series Science Word of the Week. The series will explain scientific terms, their meanings, and their usage. The partnership is the outcome of the partners' shared goal of inspiring a love of language and science in everyone.

To improve audiences' understanding of scientific terminology, Science Word of the Week will feature well-known scientists describing unusual, fascinating, and humorous scientific terms.

An areologist is what?
Have you got a yeuk?

These and other words will be explained in "Science Word of the Week" videos, which will be posted every Friday on social media, at Dictionarydotcom, and MOSdotorg.

…because it is a compelling way to introduce new audiences to the wonders of science, I am excited about our partnership with Dictionary.com…

Tim Ritchie, president of the Museum of Science, said, "For more than 193 years, the Museum of Science has sparked audiences' curiosity about the world around them and about how science contributes to our understanding of it. Because it is a compelling way to introduce new audiences to the wonders of science, I am excited about our partnership with Dictionary.com.

The new Science Word of the Week can be found online at mos.org/swow, on social media at @museumofscience and @dictionarycom, and in print at dictionaries.com.

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