Science journalist. Writer. Podcaster.

Bethany Brookshire is a freelance science journalist and the author of the book Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains.  She is a former staff writer with Science News magazine and Science News for Students, a digital magazine covering the latest in scientific research for kids ages 9-14. Her freelance writing has appeared in National Geographic, Scientific American, Science News magazine, Science News Explores, The Atlantic, Slate and other outlets. Bethany has a PhD in Physiology and Pharmacology from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She was a 2019-2020 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. 

Bethany is available for writing and editing assignments, public speaking, and podcast voicing and hosting.

All views expressed here are her own and do not represent those of her employer(s).

Work

Earth farts are dangerous
https://youtu.be/3MZvcgjtwWw While I was at MIT (at the tragically doomed 2019-2020 KSJ Fellowship, which was WONDERFUL and only ended tragically…
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AwesomeCon, 2019!
Upcoming appearances! Awesome Con 2019: A Science Fiction, Fantasy, TV, Fandom con in Washington, DC. I'll be with my, brilliant,…
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Just apply!
Awards, honors and opportunities are a bit like single socks. Once you get one, others follow, seemingly unrelated, until your…
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A newsletter dies.
About 1.5 years ago. I started a newsletter. A few weeks later, I brought on the fabulous comic artist JoAnna…
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Maneating, maneless lion men
Sound of the Week The handsome devils pictured are the taxidermied carcasses of the famous Lions of Tsavo. These boys…
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Awesome times at Awesome Con!
I'll be on some panels at the upcoming Awesome Con in Washington, D.C., March 30- April 1. On March 31,…
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