Signs that You Should Scrap that Piece of Writing & The Original of Laura
Ten Signs that You Should Scrap that Piece of Writing Caroline Hagood gives sage advice on when to scrap a piece of writing. Among the highlights: 1. If it needs explanation, apology, or perverse amounts of liquor to be enjoyed. 6. If it came to you in a dream, on acid, on a spiritual retreat, […]
Entrenched Journalistic Practices (and Charlie Booker’s “anatomy of a newscast”)
I recently came across some discussion about whether newspapers and TV news shows couldn’t take some tips from things like blogs and online video in order to focus more on the news story and less on some of the less important reporting around it. One piece (which I’ve had trouble locating since) deconstructed a typical […]
Can’t believe it’s 2010!
The end of an eventful year and an even more eventful decade…been busy with grad school applications and the holidays, but nearly done with both, though it’s meant that I’ve been fairly quiet on the blogging front. Something to work on in the new year, in the meanwhile, happy new year! 🙂
Gallery: The Year’s Most Amazing Scientific Images | Popular Science
Gallery: The Year’s Most Amazing Scientific Images | Popular Science. Popular Science has built a name for itself for having some striking visuals, and this web gallery collects a whole bunch of amazing scientific images from the print magazine and their website. A must-see for anyone who likes pretty pictures! Includes pictures from some of […]
Busy, but in the meanwhile my scientific paper is published
It’s been nearly a month since my last post! I’ve been busy working on stuff for the print magazines of Science Illustrated and Popular Science, which has kept me from writing anything for the web recently. I plan to rectify that in a little bit, but till then, I’m celebrating the publication of my first-author […]
The Story Behind the Story – The Atlantic (October 2009)
The Story Behind the Story – The Atlantic (October 2009) . Great article in the Atlantic on reporting in the “post-journalistic” age: “With journalists being laid off in droves, ideologues have stepped forward to provide the “reporting” that feeds the 24-hour news cycle. The collapse of journalism means that the quest for information has been […]
Drinking Alcohol May Make Head Injuries Less Harmful | Popular Science
Drinking Alcohol May Make Head Injuries Less Harmful | Popular Science. Another of my news items for PopSci.com, apparently a little alcohol in the blood could help survive head injuries. Alcohol in the blood probably contributed to some of those head injuries in the first place, so somewhat mixed blessings I guess…
Watch ‘Feynman’s lectures on physics’ for free online
In my experience, physics is one subject that’s so often poorly taught and seems incomprehensible. And yet, when it’s actually explained well, a lot of the concepts can be so easy to understand…even when the math behind them may be out of reach 🙂 Richard Feynman was probably one of the most brilliant and eccentric […]
Checking out the ‘Age of Wonder’ for myself
After reading all the great reviews, I was gifted the ‘Age of Wonder’, the book that I posted about earlier, for my birthday! (here’s a couple of reviews from Slate and TIME magazines, and an excerpt in the NY Times.) So I’ll get a chance to read it and comment on it.
My internship, and a link to Blogging Tips From a Jaded Veteran
Internship, and Blogging Tips From a Jaded Veteran – The India Uncut Blog – India Uncut. Started my editorial internship at Science Illustrated last Wednesday…seems like I’ll be pretty busy, so will have to see how often I blog…in the meanwhile, here’s a link to some excellent blogging tips, worth following. The internship seems like a […]