Perspective: Lessons Learned from an Astronomy Graduate Student on Strike
I've found the people in the community who are true allies and will speak up for the values they believe in, putting words into action.
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Cherry Cheuk-lam Cheung
- Jan 30
- 8 min
觀點：新冠清零政策雖具破壞性，但貿然重開後果恐更壞
放棄清零可能是中國公民期待已久的景象；可是，由清零政策下爭取回來的時間剩餘不多，而中國似乎仍對接下來的開放計劃毫無準備。
Kushal Pokharel
- Jan 21
- 5 min
In the High Himalayas, Sherpa Women Bear the Disproportionate Effects of Climate Change
“We used to have 20 oxen and two cows, but these days we have a single cow as we have no time to look after it.”
Alex Ip
- Dec 30, 2022
- 1 min
Sweet Sixteen: Some Cool Charts We Made in 2022
Inspired by a similar year-in-review piece from FiveThirtyEight, here are some of the most interesting charts we made in the last 12 months.
Cherry Cheuk-lam Cheung
- Dec 26, 2022
- 9 min
Perspective: China’s Zero-COVID Policy Is Destructive But Reopening Without A Plan Is Even Worse
Moving away from zero-COVID may be a welcome sight for Chinese citizens, but China still appears to be wholly unprepared for what’s next.
Liz Mirabelli Nye
- Dec 5, 2022
- 9 min
Breaking Old Ground
Instead of contributing to climate change, can growing food combat it?
Ellie Rose Mattoon
- Nov 22, 2022
- 8 min
From the Doctor’s Office to Online Chat Rooms, Women Are Talking About Their Missing Periods
"So if we’re not training the doctors and a woman comes in with this condition, doctors will not know what to ask or how to treat it."
Gobinda Pokharel
- Nov 7, 2022
- 8 min
हिउँमा परित्यक्त एउटा पिरामिड
अफसोस, सन् २०१५ देखि पिरामिड बन्द छ ।
Samuel Ajala
- Oct 21, 2022
- 7 min
"Official Negligence": Floods in Nigeria Threaten Millions, Quarter of Country's GDP
Nearly 16 million people in Nigeria, 4.2 million of them urban, are currently exposed to 1-in-100-year flood threats.
Lauren Neal
- Oct 6, 2022
- 8 min
Perspective: What's the Point of Diversity in STEM Without Inclusion?
It is one thing to be physically in a space, but it is another to feel like I belong.
Purple Romero
- Sep 26, 2022
- 6 min
Nang nag-krus ng landas ang K-pop Fanfiction at Fact-checking
Read in English Tingin mo ba nakakagpagpabago talaga ng isipan ang ginagawa mo? Bilang isang fact-checker, madalas kong naririnig ang...
Gobinda Pokharel
- Sep 24, 2022
- 9 min
A Pyramid Deserted in Ice
Alas, the Pyramid has been closed since 2015. Bista is the last man standing.
Purple Romero
- Sep 19, 2022
- 5 min
Perspective: When K-Pop Fanfiction and Fact-checking Collide
I more than agree that this is an unconventional way of fact-checking misinformation about science. But it has its audience.
Anne Connor
- Sep 6, 2022
- 6 min
Have a Drink: Ethanol Helps Crop Plants Survive Drought and Heat
Recent studies show that pre-treating soil with ethanol enhances crop plants’ drought and heat tolerance — without genetic modification.
Becca Owen
- Aug 25, 2022
- 6 min
Silver Storm: Once-in-A-lifetime Ice Storm Wrecks Trees in “Oregon’s Garden City”
“If you’re in the central Willamette Valley tonight,” the meteorologist on the news said, matter-of-factly, “you will lose power.”
Carolyn Bernhardt
- Aug 9, 2022
- 13 min
Cross-Pollinating for the Collective
For many Indigenous communities across Central and South America, the study of stingless bees is integral to their culture.
Richard Bednarski
- Aug 2, 2022
- 5 min
How a Local Journalist Reported on the Dixie Fire in His Backyard
I knew the Dixie Fire was unprecedented. I knew that climate change had a role in its massive size. I also knew that not all of it was bad.
Naa Asheley Ashitey
- Jul 22, 2022
- 7 min
Perspective: Two Years of COVID and Counting, Medicine Still Does Not Value Black Lives
When we throw up the white flag with our approach to COVID, we are simply saying that racism is a public health crisis but we don’t care.
Jess Turner
- Jul 16, 2022
- 4 min
Perspective: Saving Sapelo Island's Legacy from Sinking
But it is necessary to put research into context to understand how past events are shaping the island’s future – land, life, and people.
Richard Bednarski
- Jul 12, 2022
- 9 min
Are Our Sierra Nevada Towns Destined to Go Down in Flames?
Nearly twenty years after I left town, wildfires are posing a whole new threat to my homeland.
Rose Schnabel
- Jul 1, 2022
- 6 min
Posible, probable, por supuesto: la evolución de la certeza en el reportaje de COVID-19
El reportaje de COVID-19 demuestra cómo la retórica puede cambiar profundamente la percepción de un hecho científico por parte del lector.
Rose Schnabel
- Jun 28, 2022
- 6 min
Might, Maybe, Must: The Evolution of Certainty in COVID-19 Reporting
COVID-19 reporting is a clear example of how rhetoric can deeply change a reader’s perception of scientific fact.
The Xylom
- Jun 14, 2022
- 7 min
Perspective: The Only Perk of My Job Was Being Able to Watch My Friend Die
I didn’t tell my friend about the psychologist; he already felt like an inconvenience - I didn’t want to make it worse.
Saugat Bolakhe
- Jun 7, 2022
- 7 min
Daunting Work at the Third Pole
As I struggled to find words, Magar was gone — for he was more worried about his bread than my climate change lecture.
Luisirene Hernandez
- May 23, 2022
- 6 min
有時，往前進的方法是回到原點
我開始在歷史上排擠像我這樣背景之少數族裔的空間中佔有一席之位，但它卻變成一個我無法自由表達自己的空間，因為我不得不改變我的穿著和說話方式，且有很長一段時間我不使用西班牙語，導致有時我甚至很難與家人溝通時找到並用對詞彙。
Cara Doumbe Kingue
- May 17, 2022
- 8 min
Pourquoi combattre le réchauffement climatique nécessite aussi de combattre la misogynoir
Les femmes noires ont en même temps le « malheur » d’être des femmes et de ne pas assez l’être parce qu’elles sont noires.
Cara Doumbe Kingue
- May 17, 2022
- 7 min
Perspective: Fighting Climate Change Is Also About Fighting Misogynoir
If Black women have some of the keys to tackling this crisis, then we need to make sure that they are rightfully considered in society.
Andrew Meissen
- May 6, 2022
- 16 min
In Hell's Kitchen, a Fountain of Hope
In the concrete jungle of Manhattan, there is Fountain House. Is it merely a model of mental health treatment?
AJ Williams
- May 3, 2022
- 8 min
Chronic Illness Doesn’t Stop Me From Enjoying the Outdoors. Ableism Does.
The eternal search to feel small under a big sky has taken me from my own backyard to Big Sky Country and across the World.
Claudia Steiner
- Apr 25, 2022
- 11 min
Where Have All the Frogs Gone?
“Eventually, there will be a fungal disease that will become very problematic for humans.”
Kristen Vogt Veggeberg
- Apr 16, 2022
- 9 min
Perspective: A River Silenced
The fire was within the mountains, within the earth.
It was never meant to leave.
But it did.
Sanjana Paul
- Mar 23, 2022
- 5 min
Perspective: Who Gets to be a Climate Innovator?
Who gets to ask these questions and provide answers - who gets to be a climate innovator?
Chrysanthi Blithikioti
- Mar 12, 2022
- 6 min
Perspective: Patching My Patch-Clamping
What could we have possibly done to make the gods of patch-clamp so angry?
Hanna Webster
- Mar 7, 2022
- 9 min
Heat Waves, Wildfires, and Downpours: San Diego is Changing and Climate Change is One Culprit
"You cannot combat climate crises without addressing ongoing social disparities."
Sheeva Azma
- Feb 24, 2022
- 6 min
科學寫作是值得又有意義的職業，只是它來的比我想像的久
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。
Jack Rabe
- Feb 15, 2022
- 10 min
To See Caribou With Two Eyes
Natural experiments, hypothesis testing, fiercely detailed observations — all are characteristic of both ways of knowing.
Ebony Gunwhy
- Feb 3, 2022
- 8 min
When Hubris Leads to Scientific Fraud
Not being able to take criticism well can damage the integrity of research – particularly if it motivates scientific misconduct.
Upasana Sarraju
- Jan 28, 2022
- 7 min
Perspective: I Fell in Love With a Dead Wasp
Up close and dead, the wasp is enchanting, a tableaux vivant of the great and terrible beauty of nature.
Olivia Castellini
- Jan 26, 2022
- 5 min
孕育生命：業餘者的非科學分析
荷爾蒙，荷爾蒙，荷爾蒙。這個解釋就像萬用的田園沙拉醬一樣，甚麼都可以解釋，卻什麼也沒解釋到。
Jennifer Clare Ball
- Jan 24, 2022
- 5 min
In Chicago, Health Advocates Flood the Streets With Opioid Antidotes
“People don’t deserve respect because and only if they act in accordance with our own values; they deserve respect because they are people.”
Lena Beck
- Jan 15, 2022
- 8 min
Fire Changes Everything It Touches. We Can Change, Too.
“The bottom line is, for Montana this year, those [1,863] that were human-caused, very realistically might not have happened at all."
Kausik Datta
- Jan 9, 2022
- 9 min
Perspective: A Day of the Crocs
Operating in land, air, or water, they swallow small prey whole; larger victims are either dragged into the water and drowned or crushed.
Saren Seeley
- Dec 21, 2021
- 9 min
Perspective: The Indifference Point
Where is the point where I can definitively say yes, in the long run, the reward was worth all of the loss?
Demetria Dickinson
- Dec 11, 2021
- 5 min
Perspective: I Yearn for My Roots
"One of the healthiest forms of nostalgia throughout human history has always been to connect each generation to the next."
Nick Young
- Nov 29, 2021
- 9 min
Perspective: I’ve a Feeling We’re Not in Michigan Anymore
I have never been to Kansas before. How could I be respectful of locals and avoid the pitfalls of parachute journalism?
Charlene Rivera Bonet
- Nov 14, 2021
- 6 min
El verano que supe que podía ser escritora científica
Aprendí a poner a la audiencia primero pensando en lo que ellos quieren leer, y no en lo que yo quiero escribir.
Charlene Rivera Bonet
- Nov 14, 2021
- 6 min
Perspective: The Summer I Knew I Could Be a Science Writer
I learned to put the audience first by thinking about what they wanted or needed to read about, not what I wanted to write.
Nicole Endacott
- Nov 13, 2021
- 10 min
A Balcony View of Near-Extinction
Though I can breathe deeply that I did enough to keep Bruce and Bitsy alive to adulthood, I’m troubled by the bigger picture.
Cydney Wong
- Nov 8, 2021
- 6 min
Perspective: What I Learned (And Did Not Learn) From Genetic Ancestry Tests
Nothing could give me a satisfying, one-word answer to the “what are you” question.
Chelsea Noack
- Oct 29, 2021
- 8 min
Giving Trees in New York City
“Trees are emotional for people. They can be contentious for some people and very welcome to others.”
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