The Science Writer

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Science. Craft. Insight. An online magazine highlighting the talents of students in the JHU MA Science Writing Program. Current Issue: Small Things.
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“If you find yourself outside on a dark, clear night, with the haze of our Milky Way galaxy arcing overhead, see if you can pick out the dark, starless patches where dust and gas might gather. In this galaxy and beyond, stars and planets are forming, and the cycle of dust continues.”

Join Meghan Feldman as she illustrates how deeply dust and the cosmos are intertwined: https://www.thesciencewriter.org/small-things-stories/cosmic-cycle-of-dust

#Astronomy #SpaceDust #ScienceWriting #SmallThingsTSW #StarFormation #Space #Planets #MilkyWay #Stars

The Cosmic Cycle of Dust — The Science Writer

How dust has quietly shaped the universe for billions of years.

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"Lice are — and always have been — with us. Paleoentomologists can analyze the DNA of prehistoric lice remains found buried with their hosts to help piece together the story of early human migrations. Lice go where we go. Their story is our story."

For The Science Writer, Sarah Hartnett, a pediatrician, shares the history and her perspective on the teeny, tiny menace.

Read the essay here: https://www.thesciencewriter.org/small-things-stories/lice-lessons-learned

#SmallThingsTSW #Lice #paleoentomology #pediatricianlife #publichealth

Lice Lessons Learned — The Science Writer

A pediatrician explains everything you never wanted to know about lice.

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Chicago’s Collision Course — The Science Writer

Saving birds from urban jungles.

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Dan Paley's charming essay explores weather extremes in California. #essay #scicomm #sciencewriting #climate https://www.thesciencewriter.org/enigma-stories/rain-rain-go-away
Rain, Rain, Go Away. No, Stay! No, Go Away... — The Science Writer

Californians whiplash between climate hope and despair

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Astrobiologists are studying microbial life on Earth to catalog life's signature colors. Then astronomers are using that catalog to look for life elsewhere. #space #life #scicomm #sciencewriting https://www.thesciencewriter.org/enigma-stories/alien-hues-astrobiology
Alien Hues — The Science Writer

Helping astronomers recognize life’s signature colors.

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