Brooke Borel
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Articles Editor @undarkmag • Instructor @nyu_journalism • Books: Infested (2015) & The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking (2016 & 2023) • She/Her • 🏳️🌈
Joined September 2010
At 1pm ET today, @Anna_Rothschild l and I are heading over to Reddit for an AMA about AI doom for @undarkmag Swing through! https://t.co/OIysr2osjc
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The Entanglements podcast @undarkmag is back for season 2! Up first, @Anna_Rothschild digs into gain-of-function research. What a delight to be working together again on this project:
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Kicking off Entanglements Season 2, our hosts talk to a microbiologist and a virologist about gain-of-function research.
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We're thrilled to be finalists for @ASME1963's National Magazine Awards in the General Excellence, Literature, Science and Politics category. Being recognized alongside journalism's finest is an incredible honor.
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A bunch of researchers and companies want to pursue solar geoengineering to address climate change, and maybe it’s doable, but such a massive undertaking comes with societal and environmental risks. I’m excited to share my new piece for @undarkmag!
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Scientists and companies increasingly support blocking some sunlight to avoid the worst impacts of global warming.
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And (eep): Is it Likely that Covid-19 Came from a Lab? New episodes publish each Monday through the end of the year, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts (4/4) https://t.co/afdzx5cHZN
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This week on Entanglements, our hosts talk to a microbiologist and a scientist who is an avid lab-leak proponent.
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Should The Public Decide Whether Risky Science Takes Place? (3/4) https://t.co/2hWYvR8bSZ
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This week on Entanglements, our hosts talk to an Oxford political scientist and a former law and ethics professor.
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Each episode, we bring on folks with different views on a heated topic and try to get them to talk. So far we've asked: Will AI Kill Us All? (2/4) https://t.co/w5pmbzfPsE
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This week on Entanglements, our hosts talk to a former OpenAI employee and a Princeton professor about AI and doom.
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Tired of the widespread discord? Looking for something to listen to over the long holiday weekend? May I suggest @undarkmag's new podcast Entanglements, where @Anna_Rothschild and I try to cut through the rancor in various thorny scientific debates...? (1/4)
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Deeply honored to be selected as a winner of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication, in the category of early career journalist! Many thanks to @SciCommAwards, @schmidtsciences, @undarkmag, and my editor @brookeborel!
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We're honored that @jojofoshosho0's piece "Are We Having a Moral Panic Over Misinformation?" was named a finalist in the Commentary category for the 2024 @ScienceWriters Science in Society Journalism Awards.
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Excited that my @undarkmag story ‘Scientists Warned of a Salton Sea Disaster. No One Listened’ is a finalist at this year’s @ONA Online Journalism Awards! Artfully edited by @brookeborel with beautiful photos by @kitracahana. https://t.co/PZbc4uCyMI
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This incredible story by @ashleythesmart is co-published with @statnews: Haunting the Human Genome Project: A Question of Consent https://t.co/G6hi1GK2JG via @undarkmag
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One person’s DNA has long been the centerpiece of a genetic sequence used by biologists the world over. Did he agree to that?
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I wrote a thing!
🧵 In 2019, evolutionary biologist Colin Purrington discovered the Spartan Mosquito Eradicator, a product claiming to kill 95% of mosquitoes. Intrigued, he decided to test it. 🔗: https://t.co/I6LvLPxFOh
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"Do we have blue blood & do others have red blood?" This is what a Congolese researcher asked me when trying to understand why one of the world's worst crises gets so little attention. Please read & share my new #longread on the Central African Republic.
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In the Central African Republic, researchers found an astronomical death rate. Could a major emergency be invisible?
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Congratulations to “Science Reporting – In-Depth” Gold Award winner @ashleythesmart. https://t.co/O1JpJFID8U
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I understand deadlines. But speed kills. Sometimes literally.
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Two little black boys died in an early #RSV vaccine trial. Proper consent is debated. Tissue was taken and studied for decades. This year, vaccines were approved. Companies stand to make billions. Is this reminiscent of #HenriettaLacks? Read my column.
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A medical breakthrough has a history tangled up in questions of medical ethics and racial exploitation.
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We are living in troubled times and the competition for attention and emotional space is stiff. Still, I'd like to invite you to visit a truly masterful piece of journalism of a different sort, with some thoughts on why I think it's important. 1/14 🧵 https://t.co/lhAVxguuBQ
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The new RSV vaccines are celebrated medical milestones. But what is owed to the families who unknowingly helped pave the way?
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This story of the early history of RSV vaccine work, mistakes made, families denied information, and children lost is incredibly well researched and told. And also a must-read case study in science ethics. https://t.co/y5wrCVN8SR via @undarkmag
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The new RSV vaccines are celebrated medical milestones. But what is owed to the families who unknowingly helped pave the way?
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