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Paul Raeburn

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Paul Raeburn writes the Tracker, a column critiquing science journalism, for <a href="http://undark.org/">Undark</a> magazine, based at MIT’s Knight Science Journalism program. He has been the science editor at the AP and at BusinessWeek, and he’s a past president of the National Association of Science Writers. He is the co-author of <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374160012">The Game Theorist’s Guide To Parenting: How the Science of Negotiation Can Help You Deal With the Toughest Negotiators You Know—Your Kids</a>, being published in April 2016.

What Every Journalist Should Know About Science

What Every Journalist Should Know About Science

A condition called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is—or is not—a precursor of breast cancer. It does—or does not—require treatment. Doctors differ on these questions because definitive scientific evidence doesn’t…