| Syngenta ABSW
Science Writers' Awards 2006 |
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| The best feature on science subject in a national or regional newspaper |
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David Adam
for ‘ You feel better, but is your carbon offset just hot air? ' published in The Guardian on 7th October 2006 |
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Anjana Ahuja
for ‘ Bird flu: the front line ' published in The Times on 30th October 2006 |
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Alok Jha
for ‘ The future of old age ' published in The Guardian on 8th March 2006 |
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| The best feature on science subject in a specialist periodical |
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Jo Marchant
for ‘ In search of lost time ' published in Nature on 30th November 2006 |
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Helen Pearson
for ‘ What is a gene? ' published in Nature on 25th May 2006 |
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Quirin Schiermeier
for ‘ A sea change ' published in Nature on 19th January 2006 |
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Ian Stewart
for ‘ Ride the celestial subway ' published in New Scientist on 25th March 2006 |
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| The best reporting on a science subject |
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Matthew Chalmers
for ‘ The troubled song of the sand dunes ' published in Physics World in November 2006 |
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Michelle Martin
for ‘ Science Blacklist ' broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 3rd January 2006 |
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James Randerson
for ‘ Revealed: the lax laws that could allow assembly of deadly virus DNA ' published in The Guardian on 14th June 2006 |
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| The best writing on a healthcare bioscience subject (NEW) This award is supported by The BioIndustry Association (BIA) |
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Andrew Jack
for ‘ It's still out there ' published in FT Weekend Magazine on 2nd March 2006 |
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Ian Sample
for ‘ How tobacco farm in Kent could provide a life-saving drug for millions ' published in The Guardian on 4th July 2006 |
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| The best scripted/edited radio programme on a science subject |
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Monise Durrani
for ‘ The archive hour: Dolly's decade ' broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 8th July 2006 |
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Andrew Luck-Baker
for ‘ Discovery: Whale falls ' broadcast on BBC World Service on 11th April 2006 |
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Chandrika Nath
with thanks to Julian Mayers
for ‘ Leprosy - a forgotten disease ' broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 30th August 2006 |
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| The best television programme on a science subject |
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Yavar Abbas
for ‘ Animals in the womb ' a Pioneer Production for Channel 4 in association with National Geographic Channel, co-produced by Fox Television/The Incubator.
Broadcast on 21st December 2006. |
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Nicola Cook
for ‘Horizon: Bye bye planet Pluto ' broadcast on BBC 2 on 22nd June 2006 |
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David Sington, Stephanie Kern & Nick Davidson
for ‘Horizon: Nuclear nightmares ' broadcast on ‘ BBC 2 ' on 13th July 2006 |
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| The best science journalism on the World Wide Web |
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Jonathan Amos
for ‘ Preparing for the next 'Big One' published on news.bbc.co.uk on 18th April 2006 |
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Stephen Battersby
for ‘ Three new planets may join the Solar system ' published on space.newscientist.com on 16 th August 2006 |
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Michael Hopkin & team
for ‘World Cup 2006 Special' published on news@nature.com on 9th June 2006 |
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| The best science writing in a non-science context |
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Frank Close
for ‘Raymond Davis' published in Guardian Obituaries on 19th June 2006 |
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Alexandra Feachem & Claudia Hammond
for ‘Beyond the taste buds' broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 15th August 2006 |
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Robert Matthews
for ‘What every patient should know about drugs trials' published in Reader's Digest in August 2006 |
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| New Voice (previously the Young Broadcaster of the Year) in conjunction with BBC Radio Science |
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Elizabeth Connor
Imperial College London |
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Anna Lacey
Cambridge University |
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Nitya Rajan
Royal Holloway, University of London |
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| Parliamentary Science Communicator of the Year |
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| Baroness Greenfield |
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| Dr Adrienne Morgan |
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| Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology (POST) |
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