Deborah Blum

@deborahblum

Book author, Science journalist, blogger, and director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT.

Cambridge, MA
Joined September 2009

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  1. 9 hours ago

    T.S.A. Screeners, Working Without Pay, Are Calling Out Sick

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  2. 9 hours ago

    Millions face delayed tax refunds, cuts to food stamps as White House ponders shutdown’s consequences

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    Strongest storm of the season thus far in NorCal tomorrow, with more moderate rain/wind to follow. Rather strong winds possible, but nothing extreme. Should provide timely boost to Sierra snowpack!

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    13 hours ago

    What does our 1st major bill, do? 1. Ban voter roll purging, increase voting rights 2. Expand automatic & online voter reg. + early voting 3. Give public matching funds for small-donors, reducing big $ influence 4. Mandatory independent redistricting to limit gerrymandering

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  5. 12 hours ago

    Scientists despair as US government shutdown drags on

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  7. 13 hours ago

    Go for it: Sensing an opening, Virginia governor revives push for gun control

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    21 hours ago

    Without experimental Ebola vaccine, “the number of cases we have could have been really high, high, high” WHO’s Tedros tells via

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    When Alan Turing turned his mind to biology in 1952, he proposed a model for how biological patterns could stem from the interaction of just two molecules. New work hints that it’s what all vertebrates use to grow hair, feathers and other skin structures.

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  10. 15 hours ago
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  11. 17 hours ago

    Los Angeles Accuses Weather Channel App of Covertly Mining User Data

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  12. 20 hours ago

    One of the smartest journalists working today.

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  13. 20 hours ago

    Who knew that abandoned lobster pots cause so much harm? "Ghost Fishing Off Long Island’s Coast.

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  14. 21 hours ago

    A domino effect of harm: Consequences of the government shutdown in the private sector

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    Jan 3
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    Jan 3

    I've decided not to go ahead with a planned trip to China later this month. Michael Kovrig (a scholar and friend) and Michael Spavor remain unjustly detained. Neither have been charged with any crime and the circumstances of their detention remain unexplained.

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    Jan 3

    Nearly 180,000 Students Won't Have To Repay Loans From For-Profit Higher Ed Company

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  18. Jan 3
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  19. Jan 3

    A reminder of the good people in this country: A black hockey player faced ugly racial taunts. He tried to shrug them off. But his teammates stood up for him.

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    Jan 3

    Correcting errors in a quantum computer isn't just a practical problem -- it might be what the universe does to create spacetime itself. By .

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