Shortlisted - Science Writing Prize 2012
Category A (Professional scientists of postgraduate level and above)
- Elizabeth Hull, ‘The latest buzz on insomnia’
- Richard Roche, ‘Lost in translation: The dangers of using analogies in science’
- Ben Ambridge, ‘Why can’t we talk to the animals?’
- Andrew Rusbhy, ‘We, the pioneers’
- Ravi Das, ‘Remembering to forget’
- Dave MacLeod, ‘We are what we repeatedly do’
- Susannah Lydon, ‘Gaining a sense of perspective’
Category B (Anyone else with a non-professional interest in science, including undergraduate students)
- Rhea Chatterjea, ‘How your kids might help you in ways you never imagined’
- Michael Conway, ‘Family planning for mosquitoes: Genetically modified insects to fight dengue fever’
- David Lawrence, ‘Everyday enhancements’
- Kelly Oakes, ‘Beyond the edge of the solar system’
- Marika Ciuffa, ‘The inner noise sublimation: Can hearing voices be normal?’
- Russell Fraser, ‘The strange future of antibiotics’
- Audrey Nailor, ‘The naming of the genes’
- Greta Santagata, ‘Cyanobacteria and Smarties’