Michael Slezak

Journalist

Some recent work


»» News reporting at New Scientist ««

You can find most of my work at New Scientist, ordered by date, here.


»» Features or reviews ««

The Facebook treatment for MS, Sydney Morning Herald, 31 March, 2011

More than one shade of darknessSydney Morning Herald, 26 August, 2010

Is quantum mechanics messing with your memory? The Guardian, 27 August, 2009

Blue genes, Australian Doctor, 16 June, 2010

When science took a long, light look at itselfSydney Morning Herald, 29 October, 2009

The science of Chinese whispers gone wrongCrikey, 5 November, 2009

The Vice Chancellor Wants to be My Facebook FriendNew Matilda, 11 August, 2009

[PDF] Theatre Review: ‘Avenue Q’The South Sydney Herald, September, 2009


»» Medical News ««

Here’s the work I’ve published on Australia’s premiere newspaper for doctors, Australian Doctor.

Here’s the work I’ve published in Psychiatry Update, Australia’s leading news publication for psychiatrists and other mental health workers.


»» Science and technology news in publications other than New Scientist ««

Researcher closes in on freezing conundrum, ABC Science Online, 8 April, 2010
(Also on Discovery News.)

Fighting an earworm makes it worse: studyABC Science Online, 18 December, 2009

Study finds secret to retirees’ happinessABC Science Online, 18 November, 2009

Physicists detect ‘magnetricity’ABC Science Online, 22 October, 2009

Forget foreplay, size does matter: studyABC Science Online, 14 September, 2009
(Also on ABC News Online.)

Doubt cast on cannabis, schizophrenia linkABC Science Online, 1 September, 2009
(Also on ABC News Online and CBC News Online.)

Bendy, stretchy iPods on the cardsSBS World News Online, 25 August, 2009

Anti-psychosis drugs ‘may fight cancer’SBS World News Online, 24 August, 2009


»» Opinion ««

BMJ punks journalists for a christmas laugh, On Line Opinion, 5 January, 2010

Blair fails Philosophy of Science 101, Pure Poison, 4 January, 2010

#Nuttsack sparks debate about science and societyCrikey, 13 November, 2009


»» Selections from my (now defunct) blog Good, Bad, and Bogus ««

Doctors arguing badly: the ethics of placebos, 26 October 2010

Another day, another drug company cover-up, 15 October 2010

The problem with drug trials, 22 August 2010

Why you REALLY can’t trust small studies: the small-study effect, 20 July 2010


»» Media mentions ««

I predict no riot, by Rima Sabina Aouf, Concrete Playground, 10 May, 2010

Serious business of being happy, by Claire Harvey, The Daily Telegraph, 1 March, 2009

 

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