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Shifting Opinions: NPR Ends Science Commentary Blog

As NPR ends one opinion blog, the international blog is picking up more op-ed content.
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Here's bad news for fans of NPR's 13.7 Cosmos & Culture. The 7-year-old opinion blog, "set at the intersection of science and culture," which featured the work of scientist-contributors — Adam Frank, Barbara J. King, Tania Lombrozo, Marcelo Gleiser and Alva Noë — is closing down April 14. The contributors will have a chance to write final posts before then.

Sara Kehaulani Goo, an NPR managing editor, announced the news internally on Thursday. She told me the

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