(A Highly Subjective Round-up of Standout Science News) [Above: Header from an 1884 science magazine called Knowledge, led by British astronomer Richard Anthony Proctor. Its tagline reads: “A magazine of science: plainly worded – exactly described.” Image via Wikimedia Commons & public domain.] Late January 2017 saw a shift in science journalism so subtle that …
Best Shortform Science Writing October-December 2016 (A Highly Subjective Round-up of Standout Science News) [Above: A fish-eyed view of a newsstand in Paris. Photo by Mark Mitchell via Flickr & Creative Commons 2.0 License] Science writing at its best doesn’t just impart facts; it has the potential to change the way we think about issues …
(A Highly Subjective Round-up of Standout Science News) [Image above by Silke Remmery via Flickr and CC 2.0 license] After nine months of searching through short science stories with an eye out for some of the best that the genre has to offer, I’ve come to a conclusion: Investigative pieces under 1200 words are rare. …
Today is a big day for me, and not just because my 1st byline for The Atlantic went live today. Although seriously, go check it out. It’s also special because I just went on record announcing my intention to compile a quarterly “Best Shortform Science Writing” roundup, so that us science writing whippersnappers can see …