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In general, when you encounter an article that contains complex information and ideas, do you read on through it, or do you give up and read another article instead?
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Some REALLY interesting articles in the weeks NY Times Science section, everything from water on Mars to a rise in STDs. Why did you choose the article that you did? Why do you think your article made it into the Science Times section? Was there anything in your article that you think the author "missed" (like not digging deep enough into the story)? Do you think that there was a bias(either intentional or unintentional) by the author in writing the story?
 
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Was there anything about the article you named above that seemed difficult to understand?
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If your answer to the question above was NO, is that because the subject is simple, or because the reporter did a good job explaining the subject? If your answer to the above was YES, what do you think the reporter could have done to make it easier to understand?
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BIO 2289 Science News Summary 4

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Some REALLY interesting articles in the weeks NY Times Science section, everything from water on Mars to a rise in STDs. Why did you choose the article that you did? Why do you think your article made it into the Science Times section? Was there anything in your article that you think the author "missed" (like not digging deep enough into the story)? Do you think that there was a bias(either intentional or unintentional) by the author in writing the story?