For research to serve its full purpose, the results must leave the confines of research laboratories and academic journals.

Even articles freely available are usually written in academic language incomprehensible to the average reader.

Even articles freely available are usually written in academic language incomprehensible to the average reader.

Even articles freely available are usually written in academic language incomprehensible to the average reader.

Their main goal is winning tenure, which can be achieved by getting a number of papers published in prominent journals.

The pressures of winning tenure mean community-level outreach is not prioritised.

Engaging with the public can lead to unexpected new ideas that could suggest fruitful new directions for research.

Spiders have a cultural association with witches and wickedness dating back to the middle ages.

Pesticide use has been blamed for the decline in flying insects.

Conservationists are concerned about those varieties that are threatened due to habitat loss and fragmentation, which makes them migrate.

Conservationists are concerned about those varieties that are threatened due to habitat loss and fragmentation, which makes them migrate.

Conservationists are concerned about those varieties that are threatened due to habitat loss and fragmentation, which makes them migrate.

It would be a good thing if more animal lovers recognised the ways in which spiders are simply terrific.

It would be a good thing if more animal lovers recognised the ways in which spiders are simply terrific.

In 2015, gaming produced $23.5 billion in domestic revenue.

More than half of American workers don’t use up all of their allotted vacation days each year.

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