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The Xylom
Dec 31, 20242 min read
Here Are Some of the Most Memorable Photos We Took in 2024
The Xylom went to 15 countries this year to report on the intersection of science and society with a distinctly Asian American sensibility.
Julián Reingold
Dec 19, 20247 min read
Turning the Sargassum Crisis into a Seaweed Industry
“There is a lot of money out there, and now we just must mobilize it towards the supply chain.”
Carolyn Bernhardt
Oct 9, 20245 min read
For Tortoise Beetles, Feculence is the Best Defense
Leaf-eating tortoise beetles are quite bizarre, converting plant energy into animal protein and making their shields out of their own feces.
Angely Mercado
Oct 3, 20246 min read
Perspective: In new song, Bad Bunny lights up Puerto Rico’s political corruption, climate inaction
In his latest song “Una Velita,” Bad Bunny calls out political corruption and energy inequality in his native Puerto Rico.
Luisirene Hernandez
May 23, 20226 min read
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。
Charlene Rivera Bonet
Nov 14, 20216 min read
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, 20216 min read
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.
Cydney Wong
Nov 8, 20216 min read
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.
Kwasi Wrensford
Sep 17, 20214 min read
Perspective: What Being Black Across the Diaspora Taught Me About Ecology
The inalienable fact of life being Black, as well as being an immigrant is building a home out of the unfamiliar.
Luisirene Hernandez
Jan 26, 20217 min read
Sometimes the Way Forward Is To Return To the Beginning
I drifted away from Kiskeya and with it, part of myself.
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