Mark Johnson
Science Writer and Reporter at The Washington Post
Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post science reporter. Author of novel "Though The Earth Gives Way". One-time guitarist for punk band, The Bloody Stumps.
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1 week ago |
washingtonpost.com | Mark Johnson |Danielle Douglas-Gabriel |Carolyn Johnson |Ben Brasch
Why Harvard gets federal funding and how it could make up for cuts (washingtonpost.com) Why Harvard gets federal funding and how it could make up for cuts By Mark Johnson; Danielle Douglas-Gabriel; Carolyn Y.
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2 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Mark Johnson
A few days before they were to submit a scientific paper together, an evolutionary biologist in Europe received an unexpected request from two co-authors in the United States. After much thought, the co-authors said they preferred not to risk publishing at this time. One had just lost a job because of a canceled government grant; the other feared a similar fate if they went ahead with the paper.
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2 weeks ago |
detroitnews.com | Mark Johnson
Mark JohnsonWashington PostA few days before they were to submit a scientific paper together, an evolutionary biologist in Europe received an unexpected request from two co-authors in the United States. After much thought, the co-authors said they preferred not to risk publishing at this time. One had just lost a job because of a canceled government grant; the other feared a similar fate if they went ahead with the paper.
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4 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Patrick Svitek |Meryl Kornfield |Rachel Roubein |Mark Johnson |Meagan Flynn |Patrick Marley
Democracy Dies in DarknessDonald TrumpCampaign promisesTrump's actionsCabinet and administrationLegal challengesDonald TrumpCampaign promisesTrump's actionsCabinet and administrationLegal challengesUpdated March 26, 2025 at 6:46 a.m. EDTPresident Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room at the White House on Tuesday.
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4 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Mark Johnson |Rachel Roubein
The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the National Institutes of Health, Jayanta “Jay” Bhattacharya, the Stanford University doctor and economist who rose to prominence as a vocal critic of the country’s handling of the covid-19 pandemic.
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A Quest to Quantify Pain. Researchers seek ways to measure pain, tools that could overcome biases that have led doctors to underestimate the pain of women and minorities. Here's my story in today's Post. https://t.co/be2Yt00V6p 📷
Read this revealing story by my Washington Post colleagues if you want to understand Elon Musk. https://t.co/c0MXzbSC8P
Say hello to the oldest known human face in Western Europe. Bone fragments between 1.1 million and 1.4 million years old have been found in Northern Spain. My story is in The Washington Post: https://t.co/RgMHBlADny