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  • August 2008

    • Mission Accomplished on Mars

      Wired  |  Aug 29, 08 5:32 PM CDT

      Mission Accomplished on Mars

      (Newser) - Time's almost up for NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander: With its 90-day mission complete, the $480 million project will continue testing soil samples until the punishing winter puts it out of commission. Wired recaps Phoenix triumphs with an interactive timeline, from its flawless landing at Mars' north pole to its groundbreaking analysis of Martian ice and water.     More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • space exploration  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • robot  • Wired

    • OMG! Perez Hilton Expands His Unlikely Empire

      Wired  |  Aug 23, 08 2:22 PM CDT

      OMG! Perez Hilton Expands His Unlikely Empire

      (Newser) - In three short years, Mario Armando Lavandeira—you may know him better as Perez Hilton—has transformed himself from shy recluse to celebrity gossip maven, with his website generating millions in revenue and page views. With TV specials, his own fashion line, a tell-all book due next year, and, soon, a boutique music label, Hilton appears to be just getting started. David Browne profiles his unlikely, and legendary, rise in Wired . More »

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      celebrity  • fashion  • blogging  • gossip  • Warner Music  • Perez Hilton  • Wired

    • Must Globetrotting Aussies Be Grounded?

      Wired  |  Aug 20, 08 2:54 PM CDT

      Must Globetrotting Aussies Be Grounded?

      (Newser) - It's even harder being green if you're Australian, since it takes a long-haul flight to get practically anywhere, Adele Horin observes in the Sydney Morning Herald . Aussies consider globetrotting to be part of their birthright, but Horin thinks it's time her country-mates recognize airplanes for what they are: "toxic flying machines" that pump out as much CO2 on one round trip to London as most consumers expend in 2 years. More »

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      Australia  • air travel  • pollution  • opinion  • greenhouse-gas emissions  • Wired

  • July 2008

    • Is Web's 'Long Tail' Really a Tall Tale?

      Slate  |  Jul 14, 08 4:23 PM CDT

      Is Web's 'Long Tail' Really a Tall Tale?

      (Newser) - The "Long Tail" theory of the internet—that the Web's boundless democracy is enabling a boom in niche culture and commerce—is coming under fire just as its author releases the paperback version, Farhad Manjoo writes on Slate. After reviewing data that should back Chris Anderson's theory, a Harvard professor concludes that while obscure media sales are growing, they're still obscure. More »

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      Web 2.0  • culture  • Wired

  • June 2008

    • Five Problems With Environmental Reporting

      Columbia Journalism Review  |  Jun 29, 08 5:15 AM CDT

      Five Problems With Environmental Reporting

      (Newser) - If you’re flummoxed by ever-shifting information on climate change and the environment, just think what the folks who report it must be going through. Deadline pressures and conflicting scientific papers have reporters struggling to provide editors with sellable stories, the Columbia Journalism Review reports, and the results don’t always accurately represent the issue. CJR nails five big issues with environmental journalism: More »

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      global warming  • environment  • journalism  • reporter  • media criticism  • Columbia University  • Wired

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