Science communicator Julia Shangguan shares her journey into becoming a scientist and creating visual science comics.

As tourism and regional pollution contaminate Nepal’s Khumbu Valley, researchers are zapping the ground to find new potable water sources.

Leaf-eating tortoise beetles are quite bizarre, converting plant energy into animal protein and making their shields out of their own feces.

The starting salary for this one-year, part-time fellowship is $8,000.

如何將我的寫作技巧應用在科學專業確實讓我摸不著頭緒。對我來說，科學和寫作似乎是兩個不同的世界。

I have never been to Kansas before. How could I be respectful of locals and avoid the pitfalls of parachute journalism?

Aprendí a poner a la audiencia primero pensando en lo que ellos quieren leer, y no en lo que yo quiero escribir.

I learned to put the audience first by thinking about what they wanted or needed to read about, not what I wanted to write.

This was an incredibly dense crash course into science journalism and seems to have successfully prepared me for a future in it.

At the same time, this work is still the most fulfilling I’ve ever had, and I am confident in my choice to continue a journalism career.