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chris_sheril%20small.JPG Chris Mooney is a freelance writer and the author of two books, The Republican War on Science and Storm World. For more information see his bio, events, articles, or visit him on Wikipedia and YouTube.

Sheril Kirshenbaum is a marine biologist at Duke University. Sometimes she's a classicist, radio jock, or congressional staffer. Never sure what's next, she continues to enjoy the journey...

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June 27, 2008

Plight Of The Postdoc

Category: Education

This week I've composed my first column at Science Progress called 'Plight of the Postdoc: Is modern American science strangling its young talents in the cradle?' The piece explores some illuminationg--and troubling--figures about the arduous road ahead for many...

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June 26, 2008

Women We Like

Category: Women in Science

'I wanted to blaze a trail as a woman in math--once I decided I probably couldn't be a baseball player.' - Moon Duchin A pioneer in mathematics, Moon hopes to do interdisciplinary teaching and research incorporating math and the...

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June 25, 2008

Wired Geoengineering Feature Now Online

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You can read it here. It starts like this: It was one of the largest public demonstrations in US history. On June 12, 1982, an estimated 750,000 protesters thronged Central Park in New York City, chanting "No nukes!" and bearing...

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Intersection Pick: EVO

Category: Conservation

Well I'm impressed... It's called EVO or www.evo.com. The goal is simple: To increase transparency in the green market, decrease green washing, and encourage corporate responsibility. In response to this increasing demand for product transparency, EVO spent several years developing...

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June 24, 2008

The Not-So-Lost Brazil Tribe

Category: Culture

Real tribe. Not really lost. Turns out, the photos were a hoax to call attention to the dangers of the logging industry. The disclosures have been made by the man behind the pictures, José Carlos Meirelles, 61, one of the...

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June 23, 2008

My Wired Feature on Geoengineering

Category: Global Warming

The latest issue of Wired is now on newsstands, though not yet online. In it, I have a lengthy feature story about the scientific mainstreaming of geoengineering, which has occurred because of several trends: 1. Global warming seems to be...

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'Love, Sex, and Lies in the Jungle'

Category: Media and Science

Meet Vanessa Woods... internationally published author, journalist, and [full disclosure] among my most interesting friends. I've just finished her latest book 'It's Every Monkey For Themselves: A true story of love sex and lies in the jungle' and cannot recommend...

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June 22, 2008

This Morning In South Africa

Category: Culture

The animals are difficult to see and the density of the populations of grass eaters is very low right now... it is the dry season. ~ Nicolas Devos, Biologist and Wildlife Photographer My favorite wildlife photographer, Nicolas Devos, is back...

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June 20, 2008

When Weather Forecasts Disease

Category: Weather

NOAA's Conrad Lautenbacher describes it as 'science without borders': Scientists around the world are converging data on health, weather, behavior, and disasters to anticipate illness and prepare for pandemics. It's called the Global Earth Observation System of Systems, recognizing that...

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June 19, 2008

Science Communication Lecture and Boot Camp at CalTech

Category: Framing Science

Over the past year, I've done well over two dozen talks, with Matthew Nisbet, about science communication. And now we're taking it to the next level. Next week at CalTech, we're unveiling a two-part affair: Our lecture (entitled "Speaking Science...

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June 18, 2008

Is Our Representatives Learning?

Category: Politics and Science

My latest Science Progress column is up: It presents some ideas for improving the relationship between science and Congress other than the most obvious one--restoring the Office of Technology Assessment. The piece starts out like this: First the good news:...

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Dead Zones Are Now Deadlier

Category: Conservation

Remember those disgusting vast areas of the ocean depleted of oxygen and devoid of fish, shrimp, and marine life? They're getting worse....

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June 17, 2008

Just in Time For Hurricane Season...

Category: Hurricanes

...we learn that New Orleans still can't necessarily withstand a strong Category 2. In other words, three years after Katrina, we still don't have the protections we were supposed to have before the storm hit. Gotta love the Corps, and...

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Venter's Bug To Save The World

Category: Global Warming

Craig Venter is out to create a bacterium that uses CO2 to create fuel. Success could change everything...

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June 16, 2008

Welcome Home Discovery

Category: Media and Science

A 14-day mission to the International Space Station ended when Discovery touched down Saturday morning in Cape Canaveral, Florida. So what were seven astronauts doing up there for two weeks, 217 orbits, and 5.7 million miles? Details are now up...

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June 13, 2008

Nothing to See Here, Folks (Yet)

Category: at the interSeCtion

I have probably been remiss in not doing this post sooner. You may have noticed that Sheril and I are not blogging with our regular frequency these days. There's a reason: We are, as we've announced previously, working on our...

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