Peter Dizikes is a science journalist based in Boston.

Peter Dizikes's Salon stories

Monday, Jun 1, 2009 03:30 PDT

The seldom-seen devastation of climate change

A NASA climatologist explains why global warming is more than starving polar bears, and skeptics are simplistic.
Monday, May 11, 2009 03:25 PDT

Stem cell division

The growing blue state-red state gap over this research shows that science has serious economic and political muscle in America today.
Tuesday, Feb 17, 2009 03:20 PST

Your DNA is a snitch

Today's simple genetic tests can reveal your private nature. Just don't expect it to stay secret.
Monday, Aug 18, 2008 04:03 PDT

Did you hear that Alaska has more oil than the Middle East?

Busting the myths about cheap and unlimited oil being broadcast by Rush Limbaugh, Jerome Corsi and other dinosaurs.
Friday, May 13, 2005 12:26 PDT

A real monkey trial

At Kansas' mock trial of evolution, the creationist majority flaunted its ignorance of high-school level science. How close is the religious right to bringing God into the classroom?
Tuesday, Apr 26, 2005 12:28 PDT

John Edwards 2.0

He's honing his stump speech and exhorting Democrats to stay the course. But can the twice-rejected pol hold the limelight until 2008?
Tuesday, Jan 18, 2005 13:29 PST

The scandal sheet

Print it out, send it to Harry Reid, or just read it and weep. Here are 34 scandals from the first four years of George W. Bush's presidency -- every one of them worse than Whitewater.
Wednesday, Oct 27, 2004 15:16 PDT

Requiem for a reformer

Four years ago, he drew celebrities and crowds. This time, as it wheezes toward the finish line, the Nader campaign has the feel of Spinal Tap's last tour.
Tuesday, Oct 19, 2004 13:56 PDT

The few, the proud, the undecided

New Hampshire's famously independent voters may pick the president -- again. So what's taking them so long to make up their minds?
Thursday, Jun 10, 2004 12:12 PDT

Nader's Republican pipe dream

The spoiler candidate insists he's drawing GOP voters away from George W. Bush. There's only one problem: They only exist in his mind.
Monday, Mar 8, 2004 15:26 PST

Taking the battle to Bush

It's time for John Kerry to stop talking about being a fighter and start being one. Here's the best way to knock Bush out.
Saturday, Jan 31, 2004 13:00 PST

The John Edwards Experience

The North Carolina senator is more than just an optimist with great hair -- in fact, he might be exactly what Democrats need in November. But can the party's most personable candidate reach enough voters before it's too late?

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