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Deborah Halber

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Covers:  amazing life stories: lifestyle, general science, general assignment, people profiles, neuroscience, general news
Doesn't Cover: apps, android
Author, The Skeleton Crew, released 2014 by Simon & Schuster

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Deborah Halber started out as a daily newspaper reporter, then worked as a writer and editor for Tufts and as a science writer for MIT, where she chronicled everything from quantum weirdness (that’s the technical term) to snail slime. A freelance journalist since 2004, her writing has appeared in The Boston Globe, MIT Technology Review, the graphic news magazine Symbolia, Inked, and many university publications. Her narrative nonfiction book, THE SKELETON CREW: HOW AMATEUR SLEUTHS ARE SOLVING A…

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Tufts Magazine / summer 2014

Tufts Magazine / summer 2014

ON THE TRAIL OF A COLD, COLD CASE The grave digger drove west on interstate 10 through a chilly December driz…

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How to Solve a Murder With Just Your Computer

How to Solve a Murder With Just Your Computer

In researching and writing my new book, The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving America's Coldest …

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Disappearing Ink

Disappearing Ink

It was the ‘80s in Kansas City, Missouri, and, like many teens, Stephanie, Alice and Paula Beverly were enamo…

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Going Dutch on climate

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By Deborah Halber
| MIT News
When MIT senior Rudiba Laiba saw that stores in the Netherlands eschewed plastic bags to save the planet, her first thought was, “that doesn’t happen in Bangladesh.” Laiba is one of eight MIT students who traveled to the Netherlands in June as part of an MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)-sponsored trip to experience first-hand the country’s approach to the energy transition.
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Power grid, resilience, renewales

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By Deborah Halber
| Homeland Security News Wire Verified
POWER-GRID RESILIENCEElaine Liu: Charging Ahead Published 16 May 2024 The U.S. Department of Energy reports that the number of public and private EV charging ports nearly doubled in the past three years, and many more are in the works. Users expect to plug in at their convenience, charge up, and drive away. But what if the grid can’t handle it? An MIT senior calculates how renewables and EVs impact the grid. MIT senior Elaine Siyu Liu doesn’t own an electric car, or any car.
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Elaine Liu: Charging ahead

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By Deborah Halber
| MIT News
MIT senior Elaine Siyu Liu doesn’t own an electric car, or any car. But she sees the impact of electric vehicles (EVs) and renewables on the grid as two pieces of an energy puzzle she wants to solve. The U.S. Department of Energy reports that the number of public and private EV charging ports nearly doubled in the past three years, and many more are in the works. Users expect to plug in at their convenience, charge up, and drive away. But what if the grid can’t handle it?
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What was your first job as a journalist?

General assignment reporter for THE BAY STATE BANNER in Dorchester, Mass.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I have an iconic Royal (circa 1950s) I consider a work of art.

How is social media changing news?

It's definitely making it more personal and immediate. And, if you're not sure if you trust the source, less reliable.
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