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“Electric Shock”: Inspiring new Matter story; reason for hope in the future

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: December 18, 2012

Category: e-reading, Journalism, science writing | Tagged Anil Ananthaswamy, Atavist, Bobbie Johnson, Byliner, Cynthia Graber, David Dobbs, Deborah Blum, Download the Universe, Graduate Program in Science Writing, Harper's, Jessica Benko, Jim Giles, Kathi Bahr, Kickstarter, Matt Power, Matter, Michael Levin, MIT, New Scientist, Oxford American, Roger Hodge, Tufts | 2 Comments

New review of Andy Borowitz’s “An Unexpected Twist” at Download the Universe

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: July 23, 2012

Category: Book review, Health care | Tagged Andy Borowitz, Download the Universe, Kindle Singles, The Borowitz Report | Leave a comment

Meandering Mississippi: An early journalism iBook is all wet

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: May 14, 2012

Category: Book review, e-reading | Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, Bird's Point-New Madrid floodway, Carl Zimmer, David Dobbs, Download the Universe, iBooks, iBooks Author, Mississippi River, Robert Krulwich, St. Louis Beacon | 2 Comments

Crap futurism, cruftiness, and walled gardens: A Download the Universe roundtable on e-reading

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: April 24, 2012

Category: e-reading | Tagged Amazon, Annalee Newitz, Apple, Carl Zimmer, David Carr, DOJ, Download the Universe, io9, Maia Szalavitz, Sony | 1 Comment

The frozen future of nonfiction: My review of David Eagleman’s Why The Net Matters

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: March 23, 2012

Category: Articles, Book review | Tagged Carl Zimmer, David Eagleman, Download the Universe, ScienceOnline, Sum, Why the Net Matters | Leave a comment