Bitten by a radioactive Carl Sagan

If you're interested in becoming a science writer—or even just a writer, in general—hop over to Not Exactly Rocket Science, where blogger Ed Yong has started a collection of Science Writer Origin Stories. It's chock-full of career-path tales and helpful advice from people like the amazing Carl Zimmer, Wired's Steve Silberman, Newsweek's Mary Carmichael ... and, hey, me!

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narrowstreetsLA #1 8:51 AM Thursday, Jul 29, 2010 Reply

Is there a German word for something that is simultaneously inspiring and depressing?

Just kidding. Lovely post--thanks for sharing.

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