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Sarah Scoles

Science Writer, Berkeley, CA

Sarah Scoles writes about space science for a variety of publications, including Slate, Popular Science, and Discover. She lives in Berkeley.

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A purple LED light tunnel with a dark centre, creating an optical illusion of depth and an infinite grid pattern.

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Cognition and intelligence

How thinking about infinity changes kids’ brains on math

Sarah Scoles

A deep-sea hydrothermal vent emitting dark smoke-like substance with small white organisms attached to surrounding rocks.

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Biology

Earth’s aliens

Alien lifeforms might be living right under our noses, but how can we find them if we don’t know what we’re looking for?

Sarah Scoles

The Golden Record, a gold-plated copper disk with engraved diagrams that was sent into space aboard the Voyager spacecraft.

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Cosmology

Mixed messages

Our latest message to ET could be full of LOLcats and celebs. We should try to do better, or keep quiet altogether

Sarah Scoles

Painting of a night sky over a river with reflections of stars and city lights on the water, featuring two people on the shore.

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Cosmology

Galactic position system

We can point to our home on a globe and find Earth in a model of the solar system but where are we in the Milky Way?

Sarah Scoles