In the series, “Worth Pitching?” I’ll describe research I’ve come across in the course of science journalism and whether or not I pitched it as a story. All research may be worthwhile, but what might the general public want to read about? On my last post on pitching, regarding a throwaway paragraph on intelligent alien [...]

In the series, “Worth Pitching?” I’ll describe research I’ve come across in the course of science journalism and whether or not I pitched it as a story. All research may be worthwhile, but what might the general public want to read about? There was an astonishing press release on April 11 entitled “Could ‘Advanced’ Dinosaurs [...]

In the series, “Worth Pitching?” I’ll describe research I’ve come across in the course of science journalism and whether or not I pitched it as a story. All research may be worthwhile, but what might the general public want to read about? So trepanation, also known as trephination, is a fancy way of saying, “surgically [...]

In the series, “Worth Pitching?” I’ll describe research I’ve come across in the course of science journalism and whether or not I pitched it as a story. All research may be worthwhile, but what might the general public want to read about? Regarding pitching stories, here are two pitches of mine that became stories in [...]

In the series, “Worth Pitching?” I’ll describe research I’ve come across in the course of science journalism and whether or not I pitched it as a story. All research may be worthwhile, but what might the general public want to read about? So here’s research I mulled over pitching for a while, entitled “The Effect [...]

In the series, “Worth Pitching?” I’ll describe research I’ve come across in the course of science journalism and discuss what goes into pitching a story on it or not. As a science journalist, I blaze through hundreds of press releases and science papers daily, looking for stories that might intrigue my readers. All research may [...]

So here are images to go along with my storytelling on Story Collider post.

In the series, “From The Writer’s Desk,” I’ll describe what I do for a living as a writer and ideas I have for advancing my craft. I recently had fun playing at The Story Collider, where people relate stories often dealing with science. The theme that night was travel, and my tale was about an unexpected [...]

In the series “Visions,” science fiction about the very latest research will be paired with analysis looking into the facts behind the fiction. The goal is to marry ripped-from-the-headlines science fiction with analysis into the possibilities hinted at by new discoveries. Everyone hated the Turing Tests in school, but everyone begrudged them. They could really [...]

In the series “Visions,” science fiction about the very latest research will be paired with analysis looking into the facts behind the fiction. The goal is to marry ripped-from-the-headlines science fiction with analysis into the possibilities hinted at by new discoveries. I curse it now, but it was there for anyone to see. Bringing strangers together [...]