As a gifted science communicator, Grace Huckins — a lecturer in the Civic, Liberal, and Global Education Program at Stanford University and a freelance science writer — recently won The Nine Dots ...

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

In 1954, Florence Moog, a biology professor at Washington University in St. Louis, published a paper in the prestigious journal Science titled “Can Scientists Write for the General Public?” She was ...

In her award-winning essay, young British science writer Hasset Kifle from Stoke on Trent used her personal experience as a competitive runner as her starting point for her article about the impact of ...

What is the coral reef project about, exactly? We wanted to do something that would also draw attention to the plight of coral reefs around the world, which are being devastated by global warming and ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In the series, "From The Writer's Desk," I'll ...