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Can giant blankets save the glaciers? What about zero-emissions snowmaking? My first story for Scientific American: scientificamerican.com/article/could-…

Are mobile phones harming our brains?The answer is more nuanced than you think. bbc.com/future/article…

So proud to be in the running alongside some incredible journalists here! Huge congrats to my colleagues Amanda Ruggeri @melissasuzanneh Meredith Turits Victoria Gill 💙💛 & more. Inspiring science journos doing great work every day🌟 Good luck to all the finalists in the ABSW awards

Thank you so much, and thank you @melissasuzanneh David Robson for being my stand-ins - I wish I could have been there! I'm thrilled and honored!

So honored, thank you so much!

Thrilled to have written the cover story for New Scientist this week on what we get wrong about data privacy. (Spoiler: it's quite a lot... often, even for the most cynical among us). You can read it online here: newscientist.com/article/mg2593…

Wildfires. Heat waves. Drought. The Mediterranean is seeing a number of dramatic impacts from climate change - including in summer, the region's most popular tourist season. My article on what climate change means for the summer holiday for BBC Travel: bbc.com/travel/article…

“Repeat toxic stress and trauma can affect the developing brain and the stress-regulation physiology of children.” Theresa S. Betancourt ScD, MA Amanda Ruggeri talks to Theresa Betancourt and other experts to list 15 strategies for helping children cope with war trauma. bold.expert/how-to-help-ch…

"The number one killer of Americans aged 18-49 is fentanyl. A synthetic opioid. Not car accidents, not guns, not cancer, a synthetic opioid. Fentanyl." A wild and heartbreaking tidbit from @secblinken at #wef24.

A growing number of people – and half of young adults – get their news from social media. But research finds that those who use social media the most have the *least* grasp of current affairs. Here's how to help make sure you're one of the smart ones: bbc.com/future/article…

German children who experienced trauma during WWII went on to be 2x as likely to experience congestive heart failure, 3.5x more likely to have a stroke, and 5x more likely to get cancer when they were elderly. More on the hidden ways war affects kids: bbc.com/future/article…

Large numbers of people in Gaza are experiencing malnutrition or starvation. Studies show famines can have long-lasting impacts on people’s health and even that of their descendants, Amanda Ruggeri reports for Scientific American: scientificamerican.com/article/how-st…

Will we ever be able to build AI with genuine empathy....and what could possibly go wrong? newscientist.com/article/mg2613… New Scientist by Amanda Ruggeri

Have you heard that a woman's fertility "falls off a cliff" at age 35? Me, too. But, as I found out in my latest piece for BBC.com, it turns out that the truth is far more nuanced. bbc.com/future/article… #WomensHealth

An abstinence-only approach to bedsharing (or "co-sleeping", in the US) has been the mainstay of US safe sleep campaigns for the last 20 years. As I wrote for Scientific American, it also sets parents up to fail. Here's why I think so—and how we can do better. scientificamerican.com/article/there-…

1. In this BBC piece, Amanda Ruggeri explains the "Sift" strategy that was developed by digital literacy experts, as a tool for identifying fake news and misleading social media content. 🔎📰 bbc.com/future/article…

Pioneered by digital literacy experts, the "Sift" strategy is a technique for spotting fake news and misleading social media posts. Here's how to use it. bbc.com/future/article…

For years, scientists have warned about the risks of moms drinking alcohol in pregnancy... but overlooked whether *dads* drinking (pre-conception) might have any impact on offspring. New research raises the possibility that, in fact, it might. bbc.com/future/article… BBC Future

So thrilled to have written this cover story for New Scientist on what the research really tells us about only children. On newsstands (and online) now!

Independent play is stressing parents out. Here's why it doesn't need to. My piece for The Atlantic, out now: theatlantic.com/family/archive…