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The state of science writing, circa 2012: The summer of our discontent, made glorious by the possibilities of our time

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: September 14, 2012
Category: Journalism, Media, science, science writing | Tagged ADHD, Ars Technica, autism, Bob Dylan, Brendan Maher, cancer, Cryptogenomicon, DNA, Ed Yong, Emily Willingham, ENCODE, Evolver Zone: Genomicron, Ewan Birney, Gizmodo, hookworms, JAMA, Jesus Diaz, John P.A. Ioannidis, John Timmer, Jonah Lehrer, Leonid Kruglyak, Mike White, Naomi Wolf, Nature, newspapers, PLOS ONE, Sean Eddy, T. Ryan Gregory, The Finch and the Pea, The Guardian, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vagina, Wired | 7 Comments
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