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New Scientist, Portfolio, Science, Video
HUNTING SQUID
Here’s my latest New Scientist video, chronicling a trip out into Monterey Bay to catch Humboldt Squid, which are spending more time in northern California waters than usual. Read Peter Aldhous’ excellent account of the trip here.
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New Scientist, Portfolio, Science, Video, Writing
SEPTEMBER ROUND-UP
10.12.09 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI know we’re a third of the way through October already, but things have been busy! Without further ado, here’s what I did for New Scientist last month:
Smart Homes (500 words)
Twisted Molecules (350 words)
Pass the Carrots (500 words)Mythbuster’s Challenge video (30 seconds, accompanies this interview by Peter Aldhous)
Jupiter’s Icy Affair (500 words)
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Audio, MIT, Portfolio, Science
HOW TO MAKE A COMPUTER OUT OF ANTS
Here’s another short audio documentary I made while at MIT. This one is about how one might use ants to do abstract computation, like adding numbers together. The voice you hear is that of Loizos Michael, the computer scientist who came up with the idea.
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MIT, Press, Science
FROM MY SENSEI
Kind praise from my MIT advisor Tom Levenson on his Inverse Square Blog–this post seems to have inspired health-care-debate-link-love from Bioephemera and Cosmic Variance. Thanks everybody!
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New Scientist, News, Portfolio, Science, Video, Writing
AUGUST ROUND-UP
Here’s what I did for New Scientist in the month of August:
Drilling in a Deep-sea Quake Zone:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17552-research-ship-drills-deep-into-ocean-quake-zone.html
(400 words)
Robot Operating System:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327206.300-robots-to-get-their-own-operating-system.html
(900 words +2 min video, collaboration)This one was well-received online, with link-love from BoingBoing, Crunchgear, Popular Science, and Engadget. The video was a collaboration between me and my friend Jesse Eisenhardt who shot and edited. […]
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MIT, Science, Video, Writing
MIT SCIENCE JOURNALISM PANEL
Last week I checked out the MIT Science Journalism Panel organized by the MIT Careers Office. Jonathan Fildes, Science and Technology reporter for BBC News, Karen Weintraub, Deputy Health/Science Editor for the Boston Globe, and Trisha Gura a freelance science and medical journalist and author of Lying in Weight spoke about a range of issues […]
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