Guest Thinkers — August 16, 2010

Analysis of the Shake Up at Scientific American

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Over at Columbia Journalism Review, Curtis Brainard has an excellent round-up and analysis of what might be afoot at Scientific American as it merges editorial direction with Nature Publishing Group and as longtime editor John Rennie steps down.

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Life

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