Ozzy! Ozzy! Ozzy! -- Neuron Culture's Top 5 in June
Category: Books
Ozzy by a light year; Tourette's and goal-keeping; and a lotta meta media mulling
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I write articles on science, medicine, nature, culture and other matters for the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Slate, National Geographic, Scientific American Mind, and other publications, and am working on my fourth book, The Orchid and the Dandelion, which expands on my recent December 2009 Atlantic article. In August 2010, I'll be moving to London for a year to work on the book. I'll also serve as a senior fellow at City University London's MA science journalism program.
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Aglitter in the net: reading, writing, genes, and leaving your desk
Category: Brains and minds
What caught my eye the last few days
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Get inside mind-bloggers' heads with this interview series
Category: Brains and minds
Jesse Bering of Bering in Mind -- already posted Anthony Risser of Brain blog. (coming soon) David DiSalvo of Brain spin and Neuronarrative. (coming soon) Petra Boynton of Dr Petra. (coming soon) Vaughan Bell of Mind Hacks. (coming soon) Mo Costandi of Neurophilosphy. (coming soon) David Dobbs of Neuron Culture. (coming soon) Neuroskeptic of Neuroskeptic. (coming soon) Hesitant Iconoclast of Neurowhoa! (coming soon) Dave Munger of Research Blogging and Cognitive Daily. (coming soon) Wray Herbert of We're Only Human & Full Frontal Psychology. (coming soon) If you know even some of these blogs, you know this promises a rich series.
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Does Shirky's Cognitive Surplus undervalue meatspace?
Category: Journalism & media
The quality of an engagement must count for something, and engagements — whether with media or another person -- aren't automatically more valuable because they occur online.
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Carr, Pinker, the shallows, and the nature-nurture canard
Category: Brains and minds
Carr has stronger arguments, and I think he needs to set this one aside. For the most vital part of the "genetic heritage" he cites is the very adaptability or plasticity he likes to emphasize.
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The New York Review goes bloggy
Category: Art
The New York Review of Books, a longtime favorite of mine, has a blog stable offering everything from Iraq to Visconti.
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iPad, therefore iKludge
Category: Books
The book-reading (and book-based research) experience on the iPad thus fails to offers some huge advantages it could hold over print. The data is weightless — yet it takes all this heavy lifting to move it from one part of my desk to another. It's absurd.
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Biophemera on civility and tensions among blogospheria
Category: Culture of science
When Jessica Palmer gave a talk at the "Unruly Democracy" conference last month, she gave what appears, from...
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Gleaned: Suspicious women, sneaky cops, fair-minded children. Plus flu.
Category: Brains and minds
What I distracted myself with this morning. Don't mix these at home.
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"Push" science journalism, or how diversity matters more than size
Category: Culture of science
Must we rely on long stories to do science writing's heavy pushing? I'd love to say yes but I must say no — if nothing else, from an return-on-investment perspective.
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