Scientific American s latest eBook takes A Look Back at The Best of 2012

It's hard to believe that 2012 has come to a close. Lucky for us, the year saw some amazing science, and in this eBook, we've compiled Scientific America n's best stories of 2012 with an eye on content, authorship and news value.Section 1 kicks off with some award-winners. First up, SA editor Katherine Harmon's story on the role of propofol in Michael Jackson's death. Her story won the 2012 Philip S. Weintraub Media Award from the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Next, SA editors, especially Kate Wong, took this year's Science in Society Award from the National Association of Science Writers, in the Commentary or Opinion category, for an editorial in support of banning the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research. Also, two of our bloggers won awards for general excellence: Christina Agapakis and John R. Platt. Christina, who writes the " Oscillator " blog for Scientific American , won a L'Or?al USA Fellowships for Women In Science award, and John's Extinction Countdown blog was awarded an Animal Action Award from the International Fund for Animal Welfare. [More]