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Putting the popular in popular science

Broadcast: Midmorning, 07/13/2007, 10:06 a.m.

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Reporting the facts of scientific phenomena is getting more complicated for journalists as they navigate politics and popular opinion.

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  • Ivan Semeniuk: U.S. bureau chief at New Scientist Magazine. The most recent publication from New Scientist is "why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?"
  • Lee Hotz: Science columnist for the Wall Street Journal and is the current president of the National Association of Science Writers.

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