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	<title>Christie Aschwanden</title>
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		<title>Interview: Brian Vastag</title>
		<link>http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/10/14/interview-brian-vastag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brian Vastag is a science reporter at The Washington Post, where he covers general science, the environment, climate change, and space. Vastag covered the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown for the Post, penning six front-page stories during the height of the &#8230; <a href="http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/10/14/interview-brian-vastag/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christieaschwanden.com&#038;blog=15813349&#038;post=600&#038;subd=christieaschwanden&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: Gary Taubes</title>
		<link>http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/10/13/interview-gary-taubes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gary Taubes  is the author of Nobel Dreams (1987), Bad Science: The Short Life and Weird Times of Cold Fusion (1993), Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), and Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It (2010). He studied applied &#8230; <a href="http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/10/13/interview-gary-taubes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christieaschwanden.com&#038;blog=15813349&#038;post=597&#038;subd=christieaschwanden&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Science Feuds Interview: Jennifer Kahn</title>
		<link>http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/10/13/science-feuds-interview-jennifer-kahn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Science Feuds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Kahn has been a contributing editor at Wired magazine since 2003, and a feature writer for The New Yorker, National Geographic, Outside, Mother Jones, and the New York Times, among others. Her work has been selected for the Best &#8230; <a href="http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/10/13/science-feuds-interview-jennifer-kahn/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christieaschwanden.com&#038;blog=15813349&#038;post=589&#038;subd=christieaschwanden&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My new blogging venture</title>
		<link>http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/07/18/my-new-blogging-venture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am thrilled and honored to be joining an esteemed group of science writers on the Last Word on Nothing blog. The blog features a new post every week day. Cassandra Willyard was kind enough to write an introduction. I&#8217;ll &#8230; <a href="http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/07/18/my-new-blogging-venture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christieaschwanden.com&#038;blog=15813349&#038;post=577&#038;subd=christieaschwanden&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Truth and Tyler Hamilton</title>
		<link>http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/05/27/truth-and-tyler-hamilton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 14:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bicycling Magazine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of people have been asking me what I think about Tyler Hamilton&#8217;s confession. In 2007, I wrote a Bicycling magazine feature about Tyler, his supporters and why I don’t believe. (You can read the story here.) Some friends &#8230; <a href="http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/05/27/truth-and-tyler-hamilton/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christieaschwanden.com&#038;blog=15813349&#038;post=565&#038;subd=christieaschwanden&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report from the National Magazine Awards</title>
		<link>http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/05/20/report-from-the-national-magazine-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/05/20/report-from-the-national-magazine-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 23:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a tremendous honor to be selected as a finalist for the National Magazine Award this year. The nomination was for a Runner&#8217;s World feature package, Pet Project. Last week, I attended the awards ceremony in New York City &#8230; <a href="http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/05/20/report-from-the-national-magazine-awards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christieaschwanden.com&#038;blog=15813349&#038;post=525&#038;subd=christieaschwanden&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grief, again.</title>
		<link>http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/04/28/grief-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our neighborhood lost a great man this week. Up until a few months ago, Mack Gorrod  was still rising early every morning to feed his cows. Whenever we had a big snow storm, he would drive his tractor over to &#8230; <a href="http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/04/28/grief-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christieaschwanden.com&#038;blog=15813349&#038;post=506&#038;subd=christieaschwanden&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor, tell me a story.</title>
		<link>http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/04/25/doctor-tell-me-a-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really like Kent Sepkowitz&#8217;s essay in this week&#8217;s Science Times. Sepkowitz, vice chairman of medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, describes an interaction he had with his plumber. He tells the plumber what he thinks the problem is, and &#8230; <a href="http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/04/25/doctor-tell-me-a-story/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christieaschwanden.com&#038;blog=15813349&#038;post=500&#038;subd=christieaschwanden&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will Saletan on False Memories</title>
		<link>http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/04/25/will-saletan-on-false-memories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, Siri Carpenter and Jeanne Erdmann started a terrific blog about science writing called The Open Notebook. The site features interviews with science writers talking about their work and revealing the &#8220;story behind the story&#8221; for well-regarded science &#8230; <a href="http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/04/25/will-saletan-on-false-memories/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christieaschwanden.com&#038;blog=15813349&#038;post=497&#038;subd=christieaschwanden&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Godspeed Grete</title>
		<link>http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/04/24/godspeed-grete/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sport of running has lost one of its greats. Grete Waitz died of cancer Tuesday, far too young. Along with Joan Benoit, Waitz was one of the role models I idolized as a high school cross-country runner. She was &#8230; <a href="http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/04/24/godspeed-grete/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christieaschwanden.com&#038;blog=15813349&#038;post=469&#038;subd=christieaschwanden&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writers on the Range: For a Moment, We Could All Get Along</title>
		<link>http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/04/21/writers-on-the-range-for-a-moment-we-could-all-get-along/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a moment, we could all get along I write about how a chance encounter with some fellow motorists showed me that political differences need not divide neighbors. Writers on the Range, January, 2011<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christieaschwanden.com&#038;blog=15813349&#038;post=360&#038;subd=christieaschwanden&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Slate: Is It Ethical to Prescribe Placebos?</title>
		<link>http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/04/21/slate-is-it-ethical-to-prescribe-placebos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It May Be Fake, but Trust Me—It’ll Work  When is it kosher for doctors to prescribe placebos? Slate, March 16, 2011<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christieaschwanden.com&#038;blog=15813349&#038;post=358&#038;subd=christieaschwanden&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Los Angeles Times: The New Mammography Guidelines, a Year Later</title>
		<link>http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/04/21/los-angeles-times-the-new-mammography-guidelines-a-year-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The change in mammogram guidelines After a federal panel pulled back its recommendations for screenings, a debate continues to rage about the wisdom or risk of it. The Los Angeles Times, March 7, 2011 Here, I write about the US &#8230; <a href="http://christieaschwanden.com/2011/04/21/los-angeles-times-the-new-mammography-guidelines-a-year-later/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christieaschwanden.com&#038;blog=15813349&#038;post=356&#038;subd=christieaschwanden&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Los Angeles Times: Chose the Right Health Charity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to chose a health charity. How to vet a charity before you give. The Los Angeles Times, December 6, 2010<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christieaschwanden.com&#038;blog=15813349&#038;post=354&#038;subd=christieaschwanden&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Los Angeles Times: the Downside of Breast Cancer Awareness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The downside of awareness campaigns Despite the pink ribbon push, cancer deaths have dropped only slightly. And the focus on awareness may be pushing more women into treatment unnecessarily. The Los Angeles Times, October 4, 2010<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=christieaschwanden.com&#038;blog=15813349&#038;post=352&#038;subd=christieaschwanden&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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