The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative was created in 2003 to encourage interdisciplinary research and is funded by a 15-year, $40 million grant from the W.M. David Kestenbaum, correspondent, National Public Radio, for " Why the 17 th Street Canal Failed"
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Kenneth Weiss, staff writer, Los Angeles Times, for his series " Altered Oceans" John Mangels, science writer, The Plain Dealer, for his series " Plagued by Fear" Kathy Sawyer, author of The Rock From Mars: A Detective Story on Two Planets (Random House ) Steven Johnson, author of The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World (Riverhead Books) "We hope these awards inspire others to communicate about science in our world."Ī list of finalists for the awards follows. "We received an impressive group of entries this year and are pleased to recognize the abilities of these individuals in communicating science, engineering, and medicine to the general public," said Donald Kennedy, editor in chief, Science, and chair of the awards committee. Jad Abumrad, host/producer, Robert Krulwich, co-host, and Ellen Horne, senior producer of Radio Lab ' s " Where Am I?" and " Musical Language," WNYC, New York Public Radio, for their imaginative use of radio to make science accessible to broad audiences. Norton & Co.), a scientist ' s personal memoir that skillfully blends an explanation of the science of memory.Ĭarl Zimmer, freelance writer, " Highly Evolved and Exquisitely Thirsty," " Silent Struggle: A New Theory of Pregnancy," " This Can ' t be Love, " and " Devious Butterflies, Full-Throated Frogs, and Other Liars," published in the New York Times " A Fin is a Limb is a Wing," published in National Geographic and The Loom, a science blog hosted by Seed Magazine, for his diverse and consistently interesting coverage of evolution and unexpected biology. Selected from 250 print, broadcast, and Internet entries, the three recipients of the awards for works published or aired in 2006 are:Įric Kandel, for In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind (W.W. 14 at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, Calif.
The winners will be honored during a ceremony on Nov. Keck Foundation, have given the three $20,000 prizes. This is the fifth year the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine, with the support of the W.M.
Part of the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative, these prestigious awards recognize excellence in reporting and communicating science, engineering, and medicine to the general public. WASHINGTON - The National Academies today announced the recipients of its 2007 Communication Awards. WNYC's Radio Lab and Writer Carl Zimmer Also Awarded Top Prizes 'In Search of Memory' Wins 2007 Best Book Award From the National Academies Maureen O'Leary, Director of Public Information Contacts: William Skane, Executive Director
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