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Science students and travel fellows cover microplastics, AI, the “Big One,” ITEK and more at ScienceWriters2026
At ScienceWriters2026, 10 science graduate students and nine New Horizons travel fellows covered the 64th annual New Horizons in Science briefings and...
Science students and travel fellows cover microplastics, AI, the “Big One,” ITEK and more at ScienceWriters2026
At ScienceWriters2026, 10 science graduate students and nine New Horizons travel fellows covered the 64th annual New Horizons in Science briefings and...
In Memoriam
Cohn Prize honoree Helen Branswell remembered for sharp, authoritative reporting
CASW mourns the loss of Helen Branswell, a winner of the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting and a journalist known for deca...
Cohn Prize honoree Helen Branswell remembered for sharp, authoritative reporting
CASW mourns the loss of Helen Branswell, a winner of the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting and a journalist known for deca...
Awards & Fellowships
Kai Kupferschmidt wins 2026 Victor Cohn Prize
Kai Kupferschmidt, a contributing correspondent for Science magazine, has been named the winner of the 2026 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medica...
Kai Kupferschmidt wins 2026 Victor Cohn Prize
Kai Kupferschmidt, a contributing correspondent for Science magazine, has been named the winner of the 2026 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medica...
Awards & Fellowships
Elise Cutts wins 2026 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award
The winner of the 2026 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, the annual prize for young science journalists awarded by the Council for the Advancement of Scie...
Elise Cutts wins 2026 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award
The winner of the 2026 Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award, the annual prize for young science journalists awarded by the Council for the Advancement of Scie...