science
Michelle Wong explains why chemicals are not the boogeyman, and uses surfactants as an example.
science
Stephanie Lai examines the likely form climate change will take in Australia, with some intriguing embellishments.
science
Don't be so quick to assume these aren't Martian bonfires.
Feminism
Helen Klus examines the lack of female scientists in the UK and elsewhere, and does a rundown on the most likely suspects.
science
Wudan Yan explains the science of epigenetics, and helps us figure out what all the new genetic tests can and can't tell us about ourselves.
science
Dr. Lisa Gardiner, on her work as an earth scientist and how it makes watching floods in her community invigorating as well as troubling.
Art
Helen Craig and illustrator Shing Yin Khor explore the two stories of Schrödinger's cat, from the perspective of, well, the cat.
Heroes
Helen Craig gives us a long, detailed, touching, and funny portrait of the towering genius of Marie Curie.
science
Maddy Boesen kindly assists us in understanding how to tell what a research study really means.
science
In the latest installment of Gal Science, Sarah Hillenbrand walks us through some new research about how our brain processes words.
Animals
Natalia Piland, on the sometimes-solitary life of a field ecologist, which occasionally leads her to pretend she's stalking zombie tree swallows.
science
Christina Agapakis teaches us about "Wolbachia," the most misandrist of all bacteria.
Animals
Illuminated manuscripts, rocket cats, and bringing the dead to life.
science
Mollie Wood, in our latest Gal Science installment, explains the difficult process of testing medications on pregnant women.
Animals
Cassie Barton, on the night she spent on with more fireflies than tigers on a reserve in South India, and bioluminescence.