Blog posts written by CLEAR members on a variety of topics for both the scientific community and the public.


Our Scientist Spotlight Series

State of the Search for Life: From Early Imagination to SETI Guest post by Cristina Deptula, May 29, 2018

Why No One Remembers History’s Scientist Pope Virginia Markham, May 8, 2018

Happy Women’s History Month Mary Madera, March 31, 2018

How I Survived Eating the Impossible Burger Daniel Westcott, August 16, 2017

Scientists in Your Neighborhood Tim Jeffers, July 11, 2017

Where’s the low-gluten wheat? Why today’s GMOs are invisible Virginia Markham, July 8, 2017

March of the Nerds: PhDs take D.C.  Becky Mackelprang, June 14, 2017

Scientists are People, Too Mary Madera, May 1, 2017

What does “natural” really mean? Andrew Brandon, February 24, 2017

Beemaggeddon or Over-Bee-Action? Grady Pierroz, February 4, 2017

Waste Not Want Not: A conversation about food waste Becky Mackelprang, September 3, 2016

Greenpeace vs. The Laureates: A Case for Golden Rice Grady Pierroz, August 24, 2016

Has the Ultimate, Complete Meal Replacement Arrived? Mary Madera, June 16, 2016

Dr. Shybut Goes to Washington: Behind the scenes of science news and science writing Mikel Shybut, April 13, 2016