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New Scientist, Portfolio, Science, Video, Writing
SEPTEMBER ROUND-UP
10.12.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

I 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)
When Opposites Repel […]
MIT, Press, Science
FROM MY SENSEI
09.11.09 | Permalink | Comment?

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!
And have you picked up your copy of Newton and the Counterfeiter yet?
New Scientist, News, Portfolio, Science, Video, Writing
AUGUST ROUND-UP
09.07.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

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. […]
New Scientist, Portfolio, Science, Video, Writing
JELLYFISH
08.01.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

My first New Scientist video:

Here’s the whole thing, text and video included. It’s a brief in the magazine so no byline unfortunately.
MIT, Science, Video, Writing
MIT SCIENCE JOURNALISM PANEL
01.24.09 | Permalink | Comment?

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 […]