Awards for science journalism

A radio broadcast on probability told through a tale about a drifting balloon, a newspaper series on the impact of a devastating genetic disease on a family in rural Montana, and a group of gracefully written stories about genetics and evolution are among the winners of the 2009 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards.

Read more at AAAS.org. I was especially pleased to see that Carl Zimmer was recognized "for a trio of articles he wrote for The New York Times on aspects of genetics and evolution."