Sally Adee is a freelance science and technology journalist based in London, and the author of We Are Electric, an exploration of the electrical signals generated by life. She reports on all the places where electricity meets biology, whether that’s the messy state of neuromodulation, the uncanny history of 19th-century electrophysiology, or futuristic agriculture startups using neurotech on plants. She previously edited technology news and features at New Scientist and IEEE Spectrum. Her book is out now in the UK and the US.

Sally’s Best of LWON:

The Fraud Finder: A conversation with Elisabeth Bik

Science Metaphors: Hysteresis

Descartes’ robot daughter and the zombie problem

Who’s Afraid of Roko’s Basilisk?

Better Living Through Electrochemistry

Guest Post: When Your Evil Internet Twin is You

Sally’s Speculative fiction:

The Internet Protection Agency, Content Moderation Division

2018: What’s the worst that could happen?

Amazon Alexa fanfic

End stage capitalism in the multiverse

Best of Sally, elsewhere:

The disintegration of the global internet [BBC Future, May 2019]

Behind the scenes at the young blood clinic [New Scientist, September 2017]

9-Volt Nirvana [Radiolab, 2014]

Keeping Up E-ppearances: How to rescue your online reputation [New Scientist, 2011]

The road to hell is paved with corporate wellness: interview with Andre Spicer [New Scientist, 2016]

X-Ray Specs for your Social Life: these glasses see what you’re really feeling

The Hunt for the Kill Switch [IEEE Spectrum, 2008]