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
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- 特写|在农事定向大赛遇见和美乡村
- 18 Slightly Submerged Architectural Wonders
- The Weird, Wonderful World of Water Towers
- “笋货”上市采购旺!清远西牛麻竹笋迎秋季尝鲜热
- Apple to start manufacturing iPhone Pro in India, report claims
- Smiley face on Mars is a telltale sign of its past
- Tesla issues recall for 9,100 Model X cars
- 24 Museums Dedicated to Black History
- Ford can make your Mustang Mach
- CrowdStrike outage is still causing hundreds of flight cancellations daily
- N. Korea test
- Ford can make your Mustang Mach
- First officially approved Gen IV nuclear reactor in the US breaks ground
- Tesla reveals Cybertruck has sold more than DeLorean
- 12 Places that Celebrate Women in Science
- 11 Places to See Tiny Trains
- PS5 Pro: There are new whispers that the release date is fast approaching
- Tesla issues recall for 9,100 Model X cars
- Sinner vs. Michelsen 2024 livestream: Watch US Open for free
- Scientists detect water sloshing on Mars. There could be a lot.