by Rachel KaufmanPublished in National Geographic News2009-08-03 Denture wearers take note: Science is one step closer to growing replacement teeth “from seed.” Researchers at the Tokyo University of Science created a “tooth germ” from mouse stem cells, implanted the 500-micrometer (0.02-inch) germ inside a mouse’s tooth socket, and waited. A month later, a new tooth … Continue Reading
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“Green Pea” Pictures: New Galaxy Class Discovered
by Rachel KaufmanPublished in National Geographic News2009-07-28 Do you want your peas fresh, frozen, canned, or spurting out stars at ten times the rate of the Milky Way? Volunteers sifting through an online image bank called Galaxy Zoo have helped astronomers discover a new, rare class of galaxy dubbed the Green Pea. The spotters—calling themselves … Continue Reading
Give Me Bacon or Give Me More Bacon
“Bacon cereal.” “Bacon lollipop.” “Bacon spaghetti.” “Bacon bread.” “Bacon coffee.” “Bacon beer.”
In a sane world, none of these exact phrases would return any hits when plugged into Google. This is not a sane world.
Story outlining tips
This post came my way courtesy of the hive mind (Delicious popular bookmarks) and it was worth a mention: how to outline a big piece. Meranda of Meranda Writes posts her outlining method here. It’s analog and oldschool, but effective…she writes each “fact” on a post-it note sliver and rearranges. I did something like this … Continue Reading
Products Versus Services
I’ve “read” (skimmed) two books in the last few days: Be The Media and The Four-Hour Workweek. They’ve gotten me thinking about quite a few things. Despite the totally different audiences and topics, the books are fundamentally about the same thing: You, you brilliant snowflake you, can break out of the molds The Man’s put … Continue Reading
How To Not Screw Up Your Taxes
My name is Rachel Kaufman, and I don’t understand taxes.
I thought I was doing everything right until tax season. That’s when my tax prep software told me I owed thousands of dollars for my small – by all standards – writing business. Thousands I … didn’t exactly have. Sure, I’d been saving some money to pay the IRS, and I thought it’d be enough, but there I was, scrambling to find a hefty chunk of extra cash. About $2,000 extra.
Journalism Ethics: Who’s Paid By Whom?
I thought this piece from Edward Wasserman at the Society of American Business Writers and Editors was very pertinent to today’s world. In essence, he says, today’s journalism comes from interested citizens, freelancers who may do other, non-journalism writing on the side, and writers funded by direct advertising, grants, or some other model. In other … Continue Reading
How Not To Deal With A Journalist
Here’s a horror story for freelancers out there. Names have been changed to protect the guilty. I was at a media professionals mixer the other day, chatting with a number of TV journalists and writers. Then I saw a woman making her way through the crowd, staring at nametags. She grabbed this guy behind me … Continue Reading
Welcoming Strangers 24/7: Hotel Industry Offers Stable Employment
For those working at a hotel, the world literally never sleeps.
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