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New Scientist, Portfolio, Video, Writing
OCTOBER ROUND-UP
Here’s what I wrote for New Scientist in October:
Open-source Disaster Recovery Software (500 words)
Minimax Athletes(500 words)
Submarine Neutrinos(500 words)
Moonbots(500 words + 30 sec video + 3 photos)Living Wallpaper(500 words)
Robotic Driving Companion(500 words)CCD Space Images Gallery(Curated 13 Images)
Total for New Scientist: 3000 words, 1 video, 1 gallery
I also had some pieces appear in other venues:
The Nieman Storyboard […] -
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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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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New Scientist, Portfolio, Writing
JUNE ROUNDUP
Here’s what I wrote for New Scientist in June:
First article (web, assigned, 500 words):
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17271-japanese-probe-set-to-crash-into-moon.html
First article of my own initiative (web, 500 words):
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17278-junk-food-gives-crow-chicks-a-weight-problem.html
First interactive piece(1200 words and some video/HTML editing):
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17341-explore-how-climate-change-might-affect-the-us.html
First bylined print article (400 words):
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227133.900-health-clues-found-in-big-tobaccos-files.html
First story turned around in one day (500 words):
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17371-us-grandparents-smarter-than-uk-counterparts.html
First physics article (500 words):
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17381-magnetic-superatoms-promise-tuneable-materials.html
Magazine briefs, not bylined:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227125.400-sweet-spray-opens-termites-up-for-attack.html
300 words
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227124.200-cause-of-hudson-plane-crash-confirmed.html
150 words
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227145.600-chicken-feathers-could-make-cheap-hydrogen-store.html
250 words (>60 comments!)
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Audio, Sound-A-Day, Writing
SOUNDS 3_2 -> 3_6_2009
No more RPM contest, but I’m still making sounds. Here are this week’s:
Monday:Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
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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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Audio, Drafts, Experiments, MIT, Pictures, Writing
CHOMSKY AT MIT 1_13_2009
Noam Chomsky spoke this evening at MIT about Gaza, Israel, and US foreign policy. Here’s the tweetstream, followed by some audio of the talk and the QnA afterwards. (apologies for the crappy audio)
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Here’s the talk:Noam Chomsky on Gaza 1/13/2009 at MIT by mainsequence
Here’re some of the questions and answers afterward:
Chomsky QnA […]
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Portfolio, Writing
NBER STORY
I have a story in the January edition of the NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) digest on the true effects of “Work First” welfare reform.
“…welfare reforms have reduced both the probability that women aged 21-49 will attend high school and that those aged 24-49 will attend college, by 20-25 percent. These findings suggest that […] -
Audio, Experiments, Free Download, MIT, Music, Pictures, Portfolio, Uncategorized, Video, Writing
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BUILD DAY
It’s a gray Saturday morning and the MIT campus is dead. Empty courtyards testify that most students are either sleeping off last night’s fun, or still attached to a screen after an all-night computer programming session. Some are up, however, and I’m headed to meet them at Build […]
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