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 ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American It's time to step my game up. I mean that ...

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 ...

No matter how old you are, retirement time happens and much quicker than one might expect. Sometimes, your retirement date may be chosen for you unexpectedly. Whichever the case, and whatever your age ...

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 ...

Writing in science -- Science writing as story telling -- Making a story sticky -- Story structure -- The opening -- The funnel : connecting O and C -- The challenge -- The action -- The resolution -- ...

What can scientists learn from science writers about storytelling and writing? Science writers and scientists share some core goals in common. The aim of any storytelling or writing, no matter who you ...

Jon D. Franklin, two-time Evening Sun Pulitzer Prize winner and award-winning author who taught journalism at the University of Maryland, died Jan. 21 at the Hospice of the Chesapeake in Pasadena, ...