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53 free ways for science journalists to brush up on their science… and counting
This is a list of FREELY AVAILABLE basic science primers, courses and videos that science journalists can take to brush up on their beats/niches/topics of interest. NOTE 1: MOOCS = Massive open online courses = free, short, online, provided by universities to give you a primer in the basics of a scientific topic of study. Both MOOCs and the Coursera courses will use Youtube videos so don’t eliminate them on that basis. NOTE 2: Coursera courses vary in length and whether you get a certificate at the end and are offered at different times so some of the ones listed below may drop off and on again depending on when…
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AWW 2013: Marion Halligan's Murder On The Apricot Coast
When I first found this book, I was thrilled. Crime fiction is the genre I love diving into and it always thrills me to find a potentially interesting, intriguing new crime fiction author I haven’t found before. And then I realised it was the sequel, not the first offering in the series. So I searched the shop in vain for another Halligan but there was none to be found. I didn’t want to miss something by reading them out of order. Eventually I walked out of the shop with Murder On The Apricot Coast in my hands. And I started reading. There is the promised murder of course but there also…
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Music Review: The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die
Marisa Wikramanayake writes music reviews for RTR FM amongst other things. Here she reviews The Prodigy's latest album Invaders Must Die, track by track. The album was released in February 2009 and is the fifth studio album by the band. Dave Grohl of Foofighter and Nirvana fame plays live drums on the track Run With The Wolves.
