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The other cool thing we just found out is that Ghost Map has been chosen as one of two finalists for the National Academies of Science 2007 Communications Award. In this case, "finalist" means "runner up" -- but the winner was one of my heroes, Eric Kandel, and it's a great honor just to be mentioned in the same press release with him. (Also winning, in different categories: the sublime Carl Zimmer, who gave me an insane amount of great advice at early stage writing Ghost Map, and the Radio Lab team, with whom I've collaborated on a couple of fun shows.)
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Your comments on a nuclear attack on a city were excellent. I and my colleagues have thought long and hard about this, but that is another story. It has some twists and turns that might interest you.
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