The Online News Association announced this year’s finalists for their annual Online Journalism Awards.

And the Science of Sex team is proud to say we were nominated in the student category! See the rest of the finalists here.

Awards will be announced on October 19, following the 8th annual ONA conference being held in Toronto this year.

Wish us luck…!

This entry was written by Christie, posted on September 15, 2007 at 4:44 pm, filed under Home. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

If you haven’t experienced the joy of 60-Second Science, now is your chance. It’s the Webby-nominated daily podcast from Scientific American.

It’s quirky and nerdy, but most important: it’ll only take a minute.

Here’s a list of my podcasts produced this past Spring. Just roll over the title to click and listen!

Sense of Smell Restored By Growth Factor Therapy – how people who have never smelled are beginning to detect scents for the first time in their lives. April 30, 2007

Boxing Batters Brain Even With Headgear – how amateur boxers suffer brain damage equivalent to that of a minor stroke…even wearing head protection. May 2, 2007

Enzyme Points Way to Pacemaker Drug – how an enzyme can slow down a racing heart. May 14, 2007

Presence of Passengers Increases Accident Risk – passengers and mobile phones can be deadly in cars. May 25, 2007

Look out for a new podcast, 60-Second Psych, launching August 23 on Scientific American. This podcast will be hosted by your favorite redheaded reporter and will feature research from the always interesting world of mind, brain and behavior!

This entry was written by Christie, posted on August 14, 2007 at 7:21 pm, filed under Audio. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Here is this week’s “Science Talk” where I interview science writer Sharon Begley, about her book “Train your Mind, Change your Brain – How a New Science Reveals our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves.”

We are on the edges of a huge turning point in neuroscience, with regard to brain function and change. Hear all about it on the podcast! Click here. Please note: it’s about 10+ minutes long.

This entry was written by Christie, posted on August 12, 2007 at 6:13 pm, filed under Audio. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Last Tuesday night the “Science of Sex” women headed down to the Museum of Finance and Cipriani’s on Wall St. to celebrate winning our People’s Voice and Webby award!

Wall Street was cut off. Must have been 700+ attending.

Action on the red carpet. The reporters and producers of the “Science of Sex,” left to right: Anne Machalinski, me, Aili McConnon.

More red carpet.

Beastie Boys, honored as artists of the year. Beastie oldies.

More pics after the jump.

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This entry was written by Christie, posted on June 10, 2007 at 8:02 pm, filed under Home. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

The production of the night was over-the-top seamless – at least from a service and organization pov. Bravo, to the team at Webby HQ!

But here are some brief notes:

1) Rob Corddry wasn’t funny. He leaned on the shock-value, f-this and f-that and peppermint shampoo jokes. He looked like he had no interest in being there. Maybe since the birth of his daughter, Sloane, he’d rather be home in L.A. – I don’t blame him.
Maybe he’s just got new priorities, beyond hosting the Webbys? Where to next?

2) The video animation of the little “cluster” intros were terrific.

3) No one performed! Nothing! (Prince played last year AND smashed his guitar on the stage.) — and this year, with Bowie and Beastie Boys and nothing. Like Corddry, they didn’t want to be there either. I think it was an obligation? Really?

4) The sound system in Ciprani’s has limited range – distortion hits fast as soon as you walk five to seven tables in either direction from the dead center of the room. (Hey. Better sound! C’mon!) It was so distorted that folks started talking through the five-word speeches. (I know boredom kicks in too – but if we could hear them, we might have hung on longer!)

5) I wanted to see more “reviews of the year”- perhaps a short produced retrospective? More than “Dick in a Box?”

This entry was written by Christie, posted on June 9, 2007 at 8:07 pm, filed under Home. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.