This post from the Spotlight on Science Writers focuses on Mission: Mars author, Pascal Lee.

Pallava Bagla, Science’s long-time correspondent in India, was named 31 August 2010 to receive the David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism.

The award, bestowed by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), recognized two articles exploring dissent among glaciologists regarding the claim by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035.