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Skloot is a writer and television correspondent for Nova ScienceNOW. Her recent segment on the expanding field of fish veterinary medicine is available on line. See also her audio slide show, which explains the most common pet-fish ailments, and what fish owners do to save them (MRIs, CT scans, surgery, you name it.) |
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''Why is it So Damn Hard to Change?'' Rebecca Skloot explores why dieters falter and armchair athletes remain seated. Turns out it's not because they're ''weak.'' O, The Oprah Magazine, cover story (January, 2007). |
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Rebecca Skloot wrote Mediascope, a column on science and the media. See ''Hype That Breaks Your Heart,'' and ''Flabby Coverage,'' Popular Science.
Putting the Gene Back in Genealogy: Your DNA holds the secrets of your ancestry; at least a dozen companies offer to crack the code. Rebecca Skloot turns to science to resolve a family mystery and finds there's more than a bit of hype, Popular Science
Sally Has 2 Mommies and 1 Daddy: An investigation into the lack of research and regulation behind extreme infertility treatments. Also an interview with the director of Johns Hopkins' Center for Genetics and Public Policy, Popular Science. |
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Taking The Least of You: Those blood and tissue samples you routinely give - where are they? Who owns them? What are they being used for? And how come you don't know? New York Times Magazine (cover story) (See Skloot's blog for follow-up to this story)
Where Cooks Learn, Eat and Dance Together: Life at the Pigpen Penthouse New York Times
Two Americas, Two Restaurants, One Town: ''Scenes from civil war, with pork chops,'' New York Times Magazine (Best Food Writing 2005)
Fixing Nemo: Does your pet goldfish suffer from tumors, broken bones, impacted eggs or unattractive scales? Vets can now fix them. New York Times Magazine
Cells That Save Lives Are a Mother's Legacy: (Adapted from Skloot's book) Henrietta's cells were the first immortal human cells. They helped eradicate polio & flew in early space missions. But her family didn't learn of the cells for two decades. New York Times
In the New York Times Magazine's annual Year in Ideas issue, in 2006, Skloot reported on Celebrity Narcissism, The Ballot That's Also a Lottery Ticket, Tushology, and Publication Probity. In 2005 she covered Snap-On Smiles and Why Some Popcorn Kernels Won't Pop and Yawn Contagion (for Skloot's comments and more information on the yawn contagion story, see her yawning blog post). In 2004: Eyeball Jewelry and one man's quest to create a Singable National Anthem.
The Other Baby Experiment, An OpEd on the lack of research and regulation in the field of infertility treatments, New York Times. |
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When Pets Attack: A pack of wild dogs loose in Manhattan mauls people and other dogs (including Skloot's dog). The city does nothing because of law loopholes New York Magazine (Best Personal Essay 2004, American Soc. of Journalists & Authors). |
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Skloot, a former veterinary technician, writes a monthly column on pets for Prevention magazine. See her blog for more information about them. Her inaugural column, Feeding Disorders -- about pet obesity -- ran in June, 2007, followed by The Good Good-Bye, about having a healthy death experience. Check back for future columns as they run.
If you would like to submit products, story ideas, or press releases for consideration in her column, please email the relevant information to this address. |
