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Assistant News Editor and Advances editor. "I learn less and less about more and more until I know nothing about everything." Tweets are my own opinion.

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    13 hours ago

    Where does responsibility lie if a person acts under the influence of their brain implant?

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    Mar 29

    To say that ’human activity impacts our changing climate ‘in some manner’, is like saying the Germans were involved in WW II ‘in some manner’, says

    Picking apart that ridiculous EPA climate memo with me, , , and others
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  3. Mar 29

    Nice deep dive by on Native American tobacco use, and the fight to keep it sacred.

    The fight to keep tobacco sacred: Native Americans have the highest smoking rates in the country. Some tribal members are attempting to reverse that trend in a surprising way. (By )
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    Mar 28

    If you deny the reality of human- caused change, you are making a political statement that is scientifically wrong. Don't pretend the problem is the . The problem is you're afraid if you admit the science you won't like the policies we have to pursue.

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    Mar 28

    Climate activists scored a win yesterday as a Massachusetts judge ruled that anti-pipeline protests were necessary to prevent greater environmental harm:

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    Mar 27

    This is one of my core beliefs about journalism: News sections made it too hard to tell the truth, opinions sections made it too easy to lie. I think news sections have gotten a lot better, but opinion sections have arguably gotten worse.

    Too much fetishization of intellectual diversity amongst the centrist editors, not enough insistence on intellectual rigor.
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    Mar 26

    The Denver Post took this group photo to celebrate winning the Pulitzer 5 years ago. Then hedge fund Alden Global Capital bought them. This is who's left after layoffs Alden has done similar layoffs at San Jose Mercury News, Oakland Tribune & SoCal papers

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    Mar 27

    Now on : Launch date for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope slips to 2020, unleashing turmoil in astronomy and astrophysics.

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    Mar 26

    Update: Driver of the Uber stair car says he was using the Uber app, which he says directed him down the stairs.

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  10. Mar 25

    Sometimes, pictures say it better

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    Mar 20

    Blog: "Elderly woman" is not a synonym for "clueless person." Yet that's often who science journalists are asked to imagine when trying to simplify complex ideas (By )

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    Mar 21

    Stephen Hawking to be interred in Westminster Abbey. His ashes will share a final resting place with the remains of Newton, Darwin and other historic figures.

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  13. Mar 20

    Kids draw more female scientists than they did decades ago, but stereotypes persist.

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  14. Mar 20

    RIP, Sudan. Humans are the worst.

    The world's last male northern white rhino has died leaving only two females left to save the subspecies from extinction.
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    Mar 19

    I wrote this last year on political correctness

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    Mar 18

    Crash dive of a Kingfisher. The photographer took the perfect picture of a diving kingfisher after six years and 720,000 shots to get it right. Via Fb Mind Unleashed Art Photo: Mario Cea Sanchez

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    Mar 16

    Watching play out in the media has complex aftershocks for people who have, themselves, experienced sexual violence.

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    Mar 15

    Now with NASA statement: "Mark and Scott Kelly are still identical twins."

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  19. Mar 15

    Nice tribute to Stephen Hawking in @popularmechanics, featuring a quote by my dad: "His ability to explain some of the deepest mysteries of modern physics in simple terms was indeed a great gift he had."

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  20. Mar 14

    Sad day for science and science communication, but an inspiration to generations.

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