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2 Jul

Science story advance: 40th anniversary of Apollo Moon Landing – July 20

<p>In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo landing on the moon, <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/specials/apollo/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Naturenews.com has published a web special edition</a>. Where were you when they made that "giant leap for mankind"?<br /> </p>

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18 Mar

Replacing science journalism

<p>"Science journalism is in decline; science blogging is growing fast. But can the one replace the other?" asks Geoff Brumfiel <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090318/full/458274a.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in the science journal <span style="font-style: italic;">Nature</span></a>. It's a long, informative and thoughtful look at the impact on science of declining traditional journalism. The piece includes interviews with top science journalists, and presents research on the degree to which full-time science journalism jobs have been lost.<br />

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12 Mar

Science “sexy” south of the border: Globe

<p>A <span style="font-style: italic;">Globe and Mail</span> <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090311.wescience12/BNStory/specialComment/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">editorial </a>Thursday notes the paradigm shift in U.S. national policy under Obama to one which ideologically and financially supports science and open inquiry.

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10 Feb

Lost in translation: science journalists and society

<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">By</span><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wendy Smith and David Secko</span><br /><br />It's not easy reporting on science these days. Or so the story goes.<br /><br />Science is a complex, rapidly evolving target. This combined with cutbacks and deadlines can lead to the oversimplification of newsworthy science, shoddy science slipping into newspapers, the creation of conflicts that don’t exist or the maintenance of those long forgotten by scientists, among other issues. So the story goes.<br />

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14 Jan

Sound familiar? From Big Science to Citizen Science

<p>What happens when scientific research begins to shift toward larger and larger, hierarchically-centralized projects?  Risk to the output of science overall, warns <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Colorado biologist</a> Aaron E. Hirsh, who penned a <a href="http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/guest-column-a-new-kind-of-big-science/?th&emc=th" target="_blank" rel="noopener">guest science column</a> for regular blogger Olivia Judson in <span style="font-style: italic;">The New York Times</span> Jan. 13.<br />

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7 Jan

Science journalist for hire: Can text. Will Travel

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Science journalism – one of the most labour-intensive (and, therefore, expensive) specialized beats – has always been at high risk of being under-serviced in news organizations.The current wave of<a href="/article/caj-warns-industry-death-spiral" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> industry cutbacks</a> isn’t boding well for its future. <a href="http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/science_groups_protest_cnn_cut.php%20%20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN’s decision</a> to axe its entire science unit is the latest example.

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23 Oct

Journal Nature Explores Being Human

<p>The journal Nature launched a new intersdisciplinary essay series Oct. 23 to explore how scientific discovery is affecting our understanding of what it means to be human.  The lead <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v455/n7216/full/4551007b.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">editorial </a>notes how scientific discovery can be "fraught with difficulty".

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25 Aug

Mapping representations of data: The Atlas of Canada

<p>Remember your elementary school atlas? <a href="http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Atlas of Canada</a> offers an amazing array of maps that can graphically represent complex data in a manner that may be more readily digestible than text or charts.</p>

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20 Aug

Competition to cover eco conference December 2008

<p>The World Federation of Science Journalists is hosting a competition to send five journalists to the <a href="http://www.consortium-immobilier.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International EcoHealth Forum</a> taking place in Mexico in December 2008. Applications must be received before September 2, 2008, and winners will be announced October 6, 2008. Full details can be found on the WFSJ's <a href="http://www.wfsj.org/resources/page.php?id=69" target="_blank" rel="noopener">awards page</a>.</p>

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14 Aug

Cool science: hacks that spread technology to the masses

<p>Some scientists focus on a wider mission.  Some like to hack. <a href="http://www.ted.com/speakers/johnny_lee.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Johnny Lee</a> does both - he wants expensive technology accessible to wider audiences and his hacks of the Nintendo Wii remote (broadcast through <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ&feature=related" target="_blank" rel="noopener">u-tube videos</a>) have made him famous.</p>

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