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“I’m back” and then back again, still looking for the sweet spot
Back last May, I initiated a blog mechanism that I called “What We’re Reading Now”, which I hoped would give me a basis for more regular, if shorter posts. That didn’t work the way that I had hoped, for two … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Sullivan, David Schultz, Dish, KSJ Tracker, Paul Raeburn, Smithsonian Magazine
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Overbye’s teaching moment about scientific discovery and uncertainty
In my humble opinion (alright: IMHO), the best science writing combines reporting on current advances in science — the knowledge or content — with insights into the process of science — how the new knowledge was acquired, and with what … Continue reading
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