Category Archives: Science Writing

Music to Write By: 10 Top Authors Share Their Secrets for Summoning the Muse

By Steve Silberman
Posted: November 15, 2012
Category: Art, Books, Culture, Journalism, Media, Music, Poetry, Science, Science Writing, Writers | 25 Comments

Five Billion Years of Solitude: Lee Billings on the Science of Reaching the Stars

By Steve Silberman
Posted: October 2, 2012
Category: Exoplanets, Interview, Journalism, NASA, Politics, Science, Science Fiction, Science Writing, Space flight, Travel | Tagged , , , , | 10 Comments

Book of the Year: Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism

By Steve Silberman
Posted: December 19, 2011
Category: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Culture, Genetics, Health, History, Neurodiversity, Science, Science Writing, Social networks | 51 Comments

What’s the Most Important Lesson You Learned from a Teacher?

By Steve Silberman
Posted: October 5, 2011
Category: Art, Autism, Books, Buddhism, Education, Journalism, Media, Poetry, Science, Science Writing, Women, Writers | 41 Comments

Practical Tips on Writing a Book from 23 Brilliant Authors

By Steve Silberman
Posted: June 2, 2011
Category: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Books, Buddhism, E-books, History, Journalism, Media, Mindfulness, Neurodiversity, Poetry, Science, Science Writing, Social networks, Technology, Writers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 229 Comments

Woof! John Elder Robison, Living Boldly as a “Free-Range Aspergian”

By Steve Silberman
Posted: May 18, 2011
Category: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Books, Ethics, Genetics, Health, History, Interview, Neurodiversity, Photography, Science, Science Writing, Technology, Writers | Tagged , , , , | 48 Comments

Meet the Ethical Placebo: A Story that Heals

By Steve Silberman
Posted: December 22, 2010
Category: Books, Drugs, Ethics, Health, Interview, Placebo effect, Science, Science Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 57 Comments

On Winning a 2010 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award

By Steve Silberman
Posted: November 10, 2010
Category: Journalism, Media, Science, Science Writing, Writers | Tagged , , , , , | 26 Comments

Carl Zimmer on “Brain Cuttings” and the Future of Books

By Steve Silberman
Posted: October 18, 2010
Category: Books, E-books, Interview, Journalism, Media, Multimedia, Neuroscience, Science, Science Writing, Social networks, Technology, Writers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

A Renaissance of Wonder

By Steve Silberman
Posted: September 2, 2010
Category: Journalism, Media, Science, Science Writing | 14 Comments