| Glaxo Wellcome ABSW
Science Writers' Awards 2002 |
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| The best feature on science subject in a national or regional newspaper |
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Steve Connor
for "How an experiment to change the colour of a petunia led to a breakthrough in the treatment of cancer and Aids,"
The Independent, 10 August 2002 |
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Henry Gee
for "Meet your ancestors: a chimp with a human face,"
The Daily Express, 12 July 2002 |
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Mark Henderson
for "Squandering Darwin's legacy,"
The Times, 23 May 2002 |
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| The best feature on science subject in a specialist periodical |
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Duncan Graham-Rowe
for "Death in the family,"
New Scientist on 21 September 2002 |
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Nicola Jones
for "Monster ink,"
New Scientist, 14 September 2002 |
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Stephanie Pain
for "Bloodlust,"
New Scientist, 14 December 2002 |
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| The best news item on a science subject |
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Matin Durrani
for "Strange events hit rural England,"
Physics World, July 2002 |
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James Meek
for "Public ‘misled by gene hype',"
The Guardian, 12 March 2002 |
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Ian Sample
for "Now find me an inventor for the cameras,"
New Scientist, 14 September 2002 |
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| The best scripted/edited radio programme on a science subject |
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Monise Durrani
for "The serendipity of science: material milestones and fantastic plastics,"
BBC Radio 4, 27 November 2002 |
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Peter Newman
for "The science of sport (part 2): physiology,"
BBC Radio 4, 17 April 2002 |
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Roland Pease
for "Discovery: almost like a human (part 1),"
BBC World Service, 10 April 2002 |
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| The best television programme on a science subject |
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Sarah Neale
for "Life before birth (programme 1),"
BBC1, 23 January 2002 |
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Mike Smith
for "The Copenhagen fallout,"
BBC4, 23 September 2002 |
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Elizabeth Tucker
for Horizon: Archimedes' secret,
broadcast, BBC2, March 2002 |
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| The best science writing on the World Wide Web |
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Debora MacKenzie
for The knock-out gas and the Moscow theatre siege: the story as it unfolded,
on www.newscientist.com between 28 and 30 October 2002 |
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Mark Peplow
for The science of superheroes,
www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics, 13 June 2002 |
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Charlotte Westney and the Nature Science Update team
for Mouse genome special,
www.nature.com, 5 December 2002 |
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| The best communication of science in a non-science context |
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Philip Ball
for "Smart Stuff,"
published to accompany the Channel 4 broadcast of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in December 2002 |
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James Meek
for "Everyone has a voice,"
The London Review of Books, 11 July 2002 |
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Erika Wright
for "Life as a teenager,"
BBC Radio 4 and World Service 25 June 2002 |
