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DECEMBER 2008



  Dark Energy Stunts Galaxies' Growth
Dennis Overbye
New York Times
December 16, 2008



  Cold Truth
Catrinel Bartolomeu
Seed Magazine
December 10, 2008

SEPTEMBER 2008



  Rethinking the Wrinkling
Melinda Wenner Scientific American
Sept 20, 2008




  Ownership Key to Saving Fisheries
Richard Black
BBC News
Sept 19, 2008



  Spit Parties: Genetic Testing Becomes a Social Activity
Imran Khan, Guardian  Sept 18, 2008

  Permafrost that Lives up to Its Name
Hannah Hoag
Nature News
Sept 18, 2008
     
MAY 2008



  Supernova Remnant Is Young and Quick
Kenneth Chang
New York Times
May 14, 2008



  Natural Changes Pinned to Warming
Richard Black
BBC News
May 14, 2008



APRIL 2008



  “So” - The anatomy of a scientific staple
Michael Erard
Seed Magazine
April 24, 2008


  When language can hold the answer
Christine Kenneally
New York Times
April 22, 2008



  The body in depth
John Schwartz
New York Times
April 22, 2008


  Suspending life
Peter Ward
April 14, 2008
Seed Magazine


JANUARY 2008


Gene Medicine: Promise Delivered?
Three-part series by Jeffrey Helm,
The Tyee
January 24, 2008

SEPTEMBER 2007



Bringing the Ocean to the World, in High-Def
William Yardley
NY Times
September 4, 2007


Ten pieces of advice for old media
Ben Goldacre
Bad Science
August 30, 2007


Two Decades of American News Preferences
Interest in science news 1987-2007 from Pew Research Center


BBC switches off climate special
Richard Black
BBC News
September 5, 2007

AUGUST 2007


Research Boom in Arctic Village
David Adam
August 22, 2007
The Guardian


Chasing Memory: Four-Part Series
Gary Lynch
August 19–22, 2007
LA Times


Science vs. Politics Gets Down and Dirty
Dan Vergano
USA Today
August 7, 2007


Gestures Convey Message: Learning in Progress
Rick Weiss
Washington Post
August 6, 2007


Death Points to Risks in Research
Rick Weiss
Washington Post
August 6, 2007

JULY 2007



Genetic find raises hope for Canada's MS patients
André Picard
Globe and Mail
July 30, 2007


Extremophile Journalism
Chris Mooney
Seed Magazine
July 29, 2007

JUNE 2007


Blinded by Science
Alison Motluck, CBC Quirks and Quarks
June 16, 2007


Human-Animal Embryo Tests 'Vital'
BBC News
June 17, 2007


Endangered Species Keep the Army Away
Denver Post
June 14, 2007

MAY 2007


Emotional Rescue – Getting the Science Message Out
Seed Magazine
May 29, 2007


Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins on The God Delusion, CBC Radio 1 The Sunday Edition. May 14, 2007


NY Times science writer Natalie Angier on science illiteracy, CBC Radio 1 The Current (Part 3) May 11, 2007


Gender Is Only the Beginning
Natalie Angier
NY Times
May 1, 2007


Analysis: estrogen, dementia link fuzzy
Ed Susman, UPI
May 2, 2007


Genetic marker for heart disease
Carolyn Abraham
Globe and Mail
May 3, 2007


The nuclear option
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
May 6, 2007

South Pacific to stop bottom trawling
BBCNews Online
May 5, 2007

APRIL 2007


Clinicians launch a free site for science articles
Bryan Zandberg
The Tyee
April 19, 2007


Chemist helps folks with fishy body odour
Tow Avril
Philadelphia Inquirer
April 9, 2007


Rotting sea lettuce polluting the sound
Robert McClure
Seattle PI
April 10, 2007


Climate change censorship
George Monbiot
The Guardian
April 10, 2007

MARCH 2007


Are pandas saved now?
Finlo Rohrer
BBC News Magazine
March 14, 2007


Laughter: Not a response to wit, but social survival
John Tierney
The New York Times
March 13, 2007


Human Migration Carved in Parasites’ DNA
Nicholas Wade
The New York Times
March 13, 2007


Fans of pi gather, discuss the trillion-digit number and eat pie.
March 12, 2007
Canadian Press

FEBRUARY 2007



Practical fusion, or just a bubble?
February 27, 2007
The New York Times


Genetic maps help unravel black market in ivory
February 27, 2007
The Globe and Mail


What separates us from the worms
February 23, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer


Dresselhaus wins L'oreal-Unesco for Women in Science Prize
February 22, 2007
SEED Magazine

JANUARY 2007



Free Will: Now You Have It, Now You Don’t
January 2, 2007
Dennis Overbye, New York Times


Mercury pollution hotspots revealed in US
January 2, 2007
Richard Fisher, NewScientist.com


Science: The year in review
December 28, 2006
Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
Fish out of water, polar ice, and leakage on Mars
December 27, 2006
Alok Jha and James Randerson, The Guardian


 
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