Rebecca Boyle

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Rebecca Boyle is an award-winning freelance journalist who writes about astronomy, zoonoses and everything in between. She is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and her work regularly appears in Popular Science, New Scientist, FiveThirtyEight, Wired, and many other publications for adults and kids. Rebecca grew up in Colorado, a mile closer to space, and now lives in St. Louis, near the confluence of the continent's two mightiest rivers.

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How A Sundial Lets Curiosity See Mars in Living Color How A Sundial Lets Curiosity See Mars in Living Color

FIRST Robot Competition Showcases Geekiness, Ingenuity and the Dreams of 12,000 Kids FIRST Robot Competition Showcases Geekiness, Ingenuity and the Dreams of 12,000 Kids

Kepler Search Finds Two New Cozy, Possibly Watery Planets Around Faraway Star Kepler Search Finds Two New Cozy, Possibly Watery Planets Around Faraway Star

NASA’s Kepler Spacecraft May Be Finished NASA’s Kepler Spacecraft May Be Finished

An Animation Of Every Recorded Meteorite Blast In History An Animation Of Every Recorded Meteorite Blast In History

New Map Shows The Oldest Light In Our Universe New Map Shows The Oldest Light In Our Universe

Looking for the Beginning of Time Looking for the Beginning of Time

Smart Tech Paraglides Tons of Airdropped Cargo From High Altitudes to Meter-Sized Targets Smart Tech Paraglides Tons of Airdropped Cargo From High Altitudes to Meter-Sized Targets

How Do You Autopsy a Whale? How Do You Autopsy a Whale?

This Mud Could Revolutionize How Scientists Study The Past This Mud Could Revolutionize How Scientists Study The Past

How The First Crowdsourced Military Vehicle Can Remake the Future of Defense Manufacturing How The First Crowdsourced Military Vehicle Can Remake the Future of Defense Manufacturing

Melting Glaciers Are Increasing Extent Of Sea Ice In Antarctica, Says Counterintuitive Study Melting Glaciers Are Increasing Extent Of Sea Ice In Antarctica, Says Counterintuitive Study

NASA’s Twin Orbiters Will Crash Into The Moon On Monday NASA’s Twin Orbiters Will Crash Into The Moon On Monday

The Moon Has Had Water Its Whole Life, New Study Says The Moon Has Had Water Its Whole Life, New Study Says

Jumping Spiders See In Technicolor Jumping Spiders See In Technicolor

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Mars500 Crewman Offers First Video Tour Inside the Locked Facility, Where Showers Are Tightly Rationed Mars500 Crewman Offers First Video Tour Inside the Locked Facility, Where Showers Are Tightly Rationed

Hayabusa Probe Returns to Earth in Fiery Display, Hopefully Carrying First Asteroid Samples Hayabusa Probe Returns to Earth in Fiery Display, Hopefully Carrying First Asteroid Samples

The elements we might mine on the moon The elements we might mine on the moon

Assisted suicide is now legal in Colorado, thanks to overwhelming voter support Assisted suicide is now legal in Colorado, thanks to overwhelming voter support