Laura Baisas
Laura is a science news writer, covering a wide variety of subjects, but she is particularly fascinated by all things aquatic, paleontology, nanotechnology, and exploring how science influences daily life. Laura is a proud former resident of the New Jersey shore, a competitive swimmer, and a fierce defender of the Oxford comma.
Highlights
- Former Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ocean Science Journalism Fellow
- Has reported on the offshore wind farms coming to the northeastern United States, climate epidemiology, space weather, and more.
- Laura has completed numerous open-water marathon swims, including from the Tappan Zee Bridge to the George Washington Bridge (16 miles), from Battery Park, NY to Sandy Hook, NJ (17 miles), and around Manhattan Island (28.5 miles).
Experience
Laura joined Popular Science as a staff science news writer in 2022. She spent a decade at NBC News, first as a videotape engineer and eventually a producer/writer. Her freelance work has appeared in Inside Climate News and Hell Gate.
Education
Laura has a Master’s degree in science journalism from Columbia Journalism School. She received her BA at Marquette University, focusing on broadcast journalism and theology.
Favorite weird science fact
The Hawaiian blue rice coral produces a protein that not only gives it a beautiful deep blue color, but acts as a sunscreen. It’s thought that the natural sunscreen filters out harmful UV radiation that may be detrimental to coral reproduction.
Notable Work
- 3D models show the megalodon was faster, fiercer than we ever thought Popular Science
- NASA releases Hubble images of cotton candy-colored clouds in Orion Nebula Popular Science
- Move over, Stegosaurus, there’s a new armored dino in town Popular Science
- When the Power Goes Out, Who Suffers? Climate Epidemiologists Are Now Trying to Figure That Out Inside Climate News
- Central Park’s Other Penguins Face Extinction Hell Gate
(责任编辑:新闻中心)
- It's Unnecessary But, AMD Is Basically Lying About CPU Performance
- Facebook may soften political ad rules for EU election
- Toilet paper art: Coronavirus has brought us to this
- Moon's peace initiative faces more deadlock
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- 65 S. Koreans flown from India test positive for COVID
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- Moon's peace initiative faces more deadlock
- What to expect from Apple's September event: iPhone 16, Apple Watch 10, and more
- Medical kink store donates scrubs to hospital in need
- No backdown on four
- 揭牌启航!全球海鲜贸易节揭牌仪式暨招商推介会在广州举办
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Bernie Sanders’ DNC speech sounded like everyone else’s. That’s astonishing.
So far, the Democratic National Convention has been filled with era-marking oratory. The first night ...[详细] -
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LONDON:Manny Pacquiao said on Wednesday that Cuban Yordenis Ugas, who agreed to put his WBA welterwe ...[详细]
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NK leader's powerful sister likely to fill new 'first secretary' post in case of emergency: expert
(Reuters-Yonhap)The newly created No. 2 position at North Korea's ruling Workers' Party likely remai ...[详细] -
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Ronny Jackson withdraws from VA nomination process.
White House doctor and Naval officer Ronny Jackson has withdrawn his nomination to be the Secretary ...[详细] -
North Korea decides not to participate in Tokyo Olympics over coronavirus concerns
In this photo released by Korea Central News Agency on March 26, North Korean officials are seen dur ...[详细] -
6 mindful eating lessons that will change your practice
March Mindfulnessis Mashable's series that examines the intersection of meditation practice and tech ...[详细] -
Google Search tries new tactics for limiting explicit deepfakes
The explosion of nonconsensual deepfake imagery online in the past year, particularly of female cele ...[详细] -
9日上午,医生徐卫霞叮嘱医生莫,回家10天后再来医院做化疗“你是病人,不能再吃方便面了,营养跟不上,化疗时承受不起!”“吃盒饭价值贵,要10元钱一份!”……5月9日早上,市医院妇产科主管医生徐卫霞来到 ...[详细]
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