New Person of LWON: Helen Fields

Readers! Please welcome science writer Helen Fields, the newest person of LWON (or LaWON if you prefer). You may remember that she wrote a lovely guest post last year to help us rookies figure out how to visit a natural history museum. The exceedingly talented Helen has written about frogs and crayfish and whales and […]

My frenemy; or, Chanel the corpse flower

Oh, Chanel, you were such a tease. Maybe I should have figured that out from your fancy name, or from your Facebook page. When I look back, it’s not that you posted anything actually untrue, but you did get me all excited about your debut, your flowering, your signature scent. You were constantly updating the […]

Conversation with Dan Vergano: the Science Ghetto

Ann:  In the last year or more or so, science writers have had Twitterfights with a culture/media writer, a nonfiction writer, and a script writer.   After the latest fight another science writer, the wise and civilized Dan Vergano of USA Today, Twitter-messaged me that he wished these fights would stop because they reinforced the walls […]