Sarah Wells
Science Journalist
About Me
I am interested in the philosophical questions of science and technology, and have been known to wax poetic about dead mathematicians and the ennui of light particles from time to time.
I completed my B.A. in English at Clark University in 2017 and my M.S in Science Journalism at Boston University in 2018. My science background is in physics and computer science and my previous work includes Undark, Gizmodo, Smithsonian.com, and Motherboard -- among others.
In addition to covering the intersection of technology and society (and whatever else catches my eye) as a freelancer, I am also currently covering science and tech at Inverse.
Portfolio
Inverse
Humans don't love work robots, and that could create a productivity paradox [Oct 2019]
This creepy robot skin responds to being tickled, slapped, or caressed [Oct 2019]
Common Insecticide Linked to Worrying Effects in Migrating Songbirds [Sept 2019]
Lady Science
Gizmodo
Scientists See Human-Like Brain Waves in Lab-Grown Mini-Brains [Aug 2019]
Do You Really Need a Sunscreen With Blue Light Protection? [Aug 2019] [SciShortForm Honorable Mention]
The Woman Who Turned Psychological Testing Into a Science [Aug 2019]
Mice Regain Their Sense of Smell After New Stem Cell Therapy [May 2019]
Happy Birthday to Dorothy Garrod, One of the First Women Archaeologists [May 2019] [SciShortForm Top Pick]
Chimpanzee Traditions Are Being Lost Along With Their Habitats [March 2019]
Space.com
Beyond TESS: How Future Exoplanet-Hunters Will Seek Out Strange New Worlds [Aug 2019]
Citizen Scientists Are Helping Find Alien Planets in NASA's TESS Data [Aug 2019]
E.T. Hunt Shouldn't Be Limited to Earth-like Life, Scientists Say [Aug 2019]
NASA's TESS Exoplanet Hunter Goes Above and Beyond in Mission's 1st Year [Aug 2019]
Astronauts Hope to Share Space Experience with All Earthlings, Panel Says [April 2019]
The Future's Coming: Why We Need to Prepare for Sci-Fi Tomorrows Today [March 2019]
Tiny Cubesats Could Do Big Science at the Moon and Venus [March 2019]
The Brink (Prev: BU Research)
How Fitbits, Other Bluetooth Devices Make Us Vulnerable to Tracking [July 2019]
Fast Food Restaurants Have Expanded More Than Their Menus [April 2019]
Shutting Down Skin Cancer [Feb 2019]
Crossing the Scientific Aisle to Advance Tissue Engineering [Jan 2019]
Undark
Smithsonian.com
MIT News
Internet evolution and a uniquely American lab [April 2019]
Constructing a Place for Female Architects [Feb 2019]
From arithmetic to AI [Dec 2018]
Business Insider
INSIDER Science
What 'The Land Before Time' got right and wrong, according to experts [Aug 2019]
7 easy ways to reduce your use of plastics [June 2019]
MathWorks Stories
TechCrunch
Apeel Sciences is combating food waste with plant-derived second peels
Y Combinator invests in non-invasive breast cancer screening bra EVA
Teaching computers to plan for the future
Why engineers are looking to animals for new technology
BU Today
COM Filmmakers Take On #MeToo in Graduate Thesis Film
A Scholarly Take on Superheroes
Searching for a Better Battery
BU Alum Transforms City Hall Plaza for HUBweek
BU News Service
Mad Science With a Mission: How David Edwards is Changing Invention
Blood-Doping: How Elite Should Athletes Be?
A Moral Dilemma: Can We Trust Self-Driving Cars?
A Problem Coffee Cannot Fix; Boston Community Comes Together for ME/CFS
Smithsonian Science Education Center
Motherboard
New Battery Design Can Charge an Electric Car in 10 Minutes [Oct 2019]
North America Lost Nearly 30% of Its Birds In the Last 50 Years [Sept 2019]
Mercury Online (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Work Experience
Present
Contributing Writer @ Inverse
Freelance Science Writer
Writing Fellow @ Boston University
Summer 2018
Editorial Intern @ TechCrunch (June - September)
Editorial Intern @ BU Today (May - September)
Writing Fellow @ Boston University (Present)
2017
Writing Fellow @ Boston University (September - Present)
Marketing Coordinator @ EcoTarium (June - August)
Elementary Reading Curriculum Content Writer @ Smithsonian
(March - December)
2016
Science Writing Intern @ Smithsonian Science Education Center (May - July)
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