Thinking Harder
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A Thoughtful Blog About Food
Continue reading… 4 CommentsFull disclosure: This is not an impartial review. I owe a great deal to the journalist whose blog is highlighted in this post.
That said, Janet Raloff's weekly online column Food for Thought is well worth reading. For more than two decades, Janet has been doing top-notch reporting for Science News on nutrition and environmental science.
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Three Bloggers Who Have Influenced Me
Continue reading… 6 CommentsAmong the many people who've influenced my thinking about science and journalism, there are three whose blogs I want to highlight today.
Wray Herbert, the former science editor of U.S.News & World Report, now works for the Association for Psychological Science and writes the blog We're Only Human.... Wray assigned and edited the first science story I wrote. His blog posts are consistently interesting reports that often link the latest brain science to everyday experiences.
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A Roundup of Science and Medical News
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An artist’s concept of the star 55 Cancri shows the newly
discovered planet, a gas giant, in the foreground.
(NASA / JPL-Caltech)Some interesting science stories got posted on ScienceDaily in the past few days. I've cribbed the headlines and descriptions below from the site, although I've edited them in some places.
First, a bit of otherworldly news:
Astronomers Find Record Fifth Planet Around Nearby Star
Researchers have discovered a record-breaking fifth planet around the star 55 Cancri, making it the only star aside from the sun known to have so many planets. -
An Introduction to Thinking Harder
Continue reading… 1 CommentPerhaps you're wondering what this blog is going to be "about." I've been wondering the same thing. Here's my current thinking:
I tell stories that fall across the spectrum of science. As I explore topics of interest—whether DNA vaccines or prehistoric humans—I'll share whatever seems noteworthy or potentially useful. When I strike a vein of rich material, I tend to dig a little deeper. So I may visit and repeatedly revisit a topic before moving on.
In other words, I plan to make this space my public workshop, where pieces will be conceived, developed, and—with your input, I hope—either refined or discarded according to their journalistic merits. Some of what you find here may eventually end up in print in U.S.News & World Report. But much of it will be for your eyes only.
If taking a tour of a workshop doesn't sound like much fun, I hope you'll at least give it a chance. Some workshops—Constantin Brancusi's studio, for example—are worth visiting.
