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Chasing the Higgs

Dennis Overbye
PUBLISHED BY: The New York Times ON March 5, 2013
National Academies Keck Award

Vivek Sharma missed his daughter. A professor at the University of California, San Diego, Dr. Sharma had to spend months at a time away from home, coordinating a team of physicists at the Large Hadron Collider, here just outside Geneva. But on April 15, 2011, Meera Sharma’s 7th birthday, he flew to California for some much-needed family time. “We had a fine birthday, a beautiful day,” he recalled. Then Dr. Sharma was alerted to a blog post. There it was reported that a rival team of physicists had beaten his team to the discovery of the Higgs boson — the long-sought “God particle.” …

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Storygram: Eric Boodman’s “Accidental Therapists”

Eric Boodman • January 23, 2018
PUBLISHED BY: STAT ON March 22, 2017
CASW Clark/Payne

Gale Ridge could tell something was wrong as soon as the man walked into her office at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. He was smartly dressed in a collared shirt and slacks, but his skin didn’t look right: [highlight]It was bright pink, almost purple — and weirdly glassy. …

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Storygram: Andrew Grant’s “At last, Voyager 1 slips into interstellar space”

Andrew Grant • December 12, 2017
PUBLISHED BY: Science News ON September 12, 2013
American Geophysical Union

Humankind has officially extended its reach to the space between the stars.

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WCSJ Video Showcase: Wallpaper

A video montage composed of excerpts from interviews with award winners.

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WCSJ Video Showcase: Opener

A video montage composed of excerpts from interviews with award winners. This was the opening video that was played at the World Conference of Science Journalists.

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Storygram: Jane Qiu’s “Trouble in Tibet”

Jane Qiu • November 7, 2017
PUBLISHED BY: Nature ON January 13, 2016
AAAS Kavli Award

In the northern reaches of the Tibetan Plateau, dozens of yaks graze on grasslands that look like a threadbare carpet. The pasture has been munched down to bare soil in places, and deep cracks run across the snow-dusted landscape. The animals’ owner, a herder named Dodra, emerges from his home wearing a black robe, a cowboy hat and a gentle smile tinged with worry. …

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WCSJ Video Showcase: The Importance of Science

A video montage composed of excerpts from interviews with award winners. In this video we ask winners to share why they believe understanding science is crucial.

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WCSJ Video Showcase: Story Responses

A video montage composed of excerpts from interviews with award winners. In this video we ask winners to share the responses that their stories received.

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WCSJ Video Showcase: The Biggest Obstacle

A video montage composed of excerpts from interviews with award winners. In this video we ask winners to share the biggest obstacles they have faced as journalists.

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WCSJ Video Showcase: The Moment You Knew

A video montage composed of excerpts from interviews with award winners around the world. In this video we ask winners to share that moment they knew they had a story.

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