Welcome to the Horgan Science-Writing Seminar Blog!

 Hi folks. This is a blog I created for HST401: Seminar in Science Writing, which I teach at Stevens Institute, and in which (presumably) you're enrolled. This is where you'll post the pieces you write for my class. Let me know if you have any problems. Good luck! Prof. Horgan

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