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June 2022: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Interesting Stuff

June 2022: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Interesting Stuff

by Heather Zeiger | Jun 11, 2022 | Science

Big Projects I took some time off from my regular writing at Mind Matters News on China and technology so I could finish a couple of long-term projects. The first was a special report on the ethics of fetal tissue research, published on The Center for Bioethics &...
December 2021: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Stuff

December 2021: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Stuff

by Heather Zeiger | Jan 4, 2022 | Science

Beginning Again in the New Year NFL quarter back Philip Rivers had a Latin phrase printed on hats, shirts, and the walls of the Chargers’ locker room: Nunc Coepi. Last year Rivers retired after playing seventeen seasons in the NFL. His favorite phrase Nunc Coepi means...
December 2021: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Stuff

November 2021: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Stuff

by Heather Zeiger | Dec 23, 2021 | Science

This Fall update comes out a little late as I am working on updating my website. I’ve made my publications page much more user-friendly, and in the coming months, I am going to add some creative pages for those, like me, who would like a little more art, nature,...
June 2021: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Stuff

June 2021: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Stuff

by Heather Zeiger | Jul 2, 2021 | Science

Lately my projects have centered on China, Covid-19, or Fetal Tissue Research. Sometimes they overlap, like my three-part series on Covid-19 origins, which gets into why the lab leak theory has re-surfaced, gain-of-function studies, and the NIH’s role in funding...
June 2021: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Stuff

January 2021: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Stuff

by Heather Zeiger | Jan 27, 2021 | Science

This winter I’ve written eight articles for Mind Matters News on China and technology. Most of them focus on using technology for censorship and surveillance, both online and in real life. The Chinese government has an extensive propaganda and censorship machine that...
June 2021: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Stuff

October 2020: Articles, Recommendations, and Other Stuff

by Heather Zeiger | Oct 27, 2020 | Science

If there is one good thing about the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s online conferences. As a freelancer, conferences provide an opportunity to step out of the home office and be refreshed and encouraged by fellow scientists, writers, bioethicists, or creatives. Often...
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