It can be funny to look at science fiction writing of the past and see what people thought the twenty-first century would be ...

“Your chance of becoming a professor is 0.45%.” That’s the type of statistic that stops even the most stats-inclined PhD in her tracks. For early-career researchers and doctoral graduates, the truth ...

A University of Wyoming faculty member wants to help college students become better writers of science by giving academics the tools necessary to do so. Bethann Garramon Merkle, a professor of ...

Writing in environmental science isn’t just about data—it’s about clarity, structure, and purpose. From defining your research question to presenting findings with precision, the process shapes how ...

Before pivoting her career into science journalism, Tjandra was a postdoctoral scholar in the emergency medicine department at Stanford. She holds a doctorate in chemistry and a bachelor’s degree in ...

Cheers 2023 with a roundup of the year’s best science and nature essays. Read this collection with us this December. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023 brings together a range of topics ...

Dr. Pria Anand, a neurologist who spent her formative childhood years in India before rising through the ranks of American medicine, has wonthe 2026 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. The ...

Kristel Tjandra is a chemist-turned-journalist based in the U.S. She graduated from the science communication master’s program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 2024, and writes broadly ...