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Science is a public activity, so scientists have a special obligation to tell the public about what they do. Following are a few modest attempts to do my part.

J S Turner. 2007. Signs of design. The Christian Century. June 12, 2007. Vol 124 No 12. 18-22. [pdf] [Christian Century home page]
[Reprinted in the anthology Best American Spiritual Writing 2008. Jimmy Carter and Philip Zaleski (ed). Houghton Mifflin.]

J S Turner. 2007. Science by committee? Focus on Microbiology Education. Spring 2007 [pdf] [permalink]

J S Turner. 2007. Who won the intelligent design debate? Is the debate about intelligent design over, and did the evolutionists win? Off the Page. Harvard University Press Author Forum. 4 April 2007. [pdf] [permalink]

J S Turner. (2007). Why can't we talk about intelligent design? The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume LIII: Number 20. 19 January 2007. The Chronicle Review, Section B: B20 [pdf]

J S Turner. (2006). Book review. Animal Architecture. Mike Hansell. Quarterly Review of Biology 81:183-184. [pdf]

J S Turner. 2005. What are the termite mounds pointing at? Roan News. 2005 (1): 25-27. [pdf] (bare bones) or [pdf] (fancier)

J S Turner. 2002. A superorganism’s fuzzy boundary. Natural History 111 (6). July-August 2002: 62-67. [pdf]

J S Turner. 2002. Saving Darwinism from itself. The World & I 17 (7). July 2002: 136-145. [pdf]

J S Turner. 2002. Book review. Wild Solutions. How Biodiversity is Money in the Bank. A Beattie and P R Ehrlich. Quarterly Review of Biology 77: 85-86. [pdf]

J S Turner. 2002. The termites’ dilemma. Earthwatch Journal. October 2002: 3. [pdf]

J S Turner. 2001. My publishing adventure. ESF Today. Summer 2001: 3. [pdf]

J S Turner. 2000. Termites and other natural teachers. Chronicle of Higher Education 3 November 2000: B24. [pdf]

J S Turner. 1996. Does the white ant have a soul? EarthWatch. March-April 1996: 34-41. [pdf]