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Alan Boyle

As NBCNews.com's science editor, Alan Boyle runs a virtual curiosity shop of the physical sciences, space exploration, archaeology and other ologies. He administers a daily dose of science via his award-winning Cosmic Log column.
Alan Boyle, MSNBC.com
Alan Boyle, MSNBC.comMSNBC.com

As NBC News Digital's science editor, Alan Boyle runs a virtual curiosity shop of the physical sciences and space exploration, plus paleontology, archaeology and other ologies that strike his fancy. Since joining NBC News Digital (a.k.a. MSNBC.com) in 1996, Boyle has won awards from the National Academies, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Association of Science Writers, Sigma Delta Chi, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Space Frontier Foundation, IEEE-USA, the Pirelli Relativity Challenge and the CMU Cybersecurity Journalism Awards program. He is the author of "The Case for Pluto," a contributor to "A Field Guide for Science Writers," the blogger behind Cosmic Log — and an occasional talking head on MSNBC, NBC's TODAY and Nightly News. During his 37 years of daily journalism in Cincinnati, Spokane and Seattle, he’s survived a hurricane, a volcanic eruption, a total solar eclipse and an earthquake. He has faith he'll survive the Internet as well.