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David Ng is Director of the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory at the University of British Columbia - this is a just a fancier way of calling himself a science teacher.

Benjamin Cohen is an Asst. Professor of Science, Tech., and Society at the University of Virginia. He studies the place of S & T in environmental history, policy, and ethics. He also writes other stuff.

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"The world is full of light and life, and the true crime is not to be interested in it." A.S. Byatt

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Dava Sobel: World's Fair Advisory Board Nominee #4

Nominee #1: Karl Iagnemma Nominee #2: Chris Ware Nominee #3: Richard Powers Nominee #4: Dava Sobel She's been a science news reporter for The New York Times, a freelance science writer for a good dozen magazines, and author of several...

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Posted on January 10, 2007 9:13 AM • 1 Comments •

Richard Powers: World's Fair Advisory Board Nominee #3

"When we don't know what we are after, we risk passing it over in the dark." -- Three Farmers on their Way to a Dance

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Posted on December 1, 2006 10:26 AM • 2 Comments •

Chris Ware: World's Fair Advisory Board Nominee #2

Nominee #1: Karl Iagnemma Nominee #2: Chris Ware Well, it was great to finally meet Ben (and Janet, John, John, and Steve) a couple weeks ago, when there was a PSA/HSS/4S conference in Vancouver. Ben and I had a chance...

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Posted on November 21, 2006 11:29 AM • 1 Comments •

Karl Iagnemma: World's Fair Advisory Board Nominee

The World's Fair's popularity has skyrocketed over the past few months, and all the more so in the post-Puzzle Fantastica Era. (Data: We have readers almost every single day now. Sometimes even more. Recent problems at the Sb server may...

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Posted on October 5, 2006 9:00 AM • 0 Comments •