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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

EUREKALERT

AUTHOR: NICK STOCKTON.NICK STOCKTON SCIENCE DATE OF PUBLICATION: 05.15.16.05.15.16 
INSIDE EUREKALERT, THE Science NEWS

SCIENTISTS DISCOVER A new planet that might be able to support life. A drug that targets certain cancer receptors. Evidence of a previously unknown branch of human ancestors. Extreme weather. Dinosaurs had feathers? Who the hell knew ravens were so clever! And you saw the story on Facebook, on Twitter, in an email from your mom. Then you shared it to your coworker via Slack, your boss over lunch, from a barstool during your date that evening.
Science news gets around. But a lot of it—you probably didn’t know this—comes from the same place. A website called EurekAlert gives journalists access to the latest studies before publication, before those studies are revealed to the general public. Launched 20 years ago this week, EurekAlert has tracked, and in some ways shaped, the way places like WIRED cover science in the digital era/.../

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