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NICOLETTA LANESE

Science Journalist

LATEST FEATURE

Health channel editor for Live Science since March 2023​​

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Formerly a health news editor and staff writer

at Live Science

Based in NYC

MORE RECENT REPORTING 

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Dangerous 'superbugs' are a growing threat, and antibiotics can't stop their rise.

What can?

Superbugs are on the rise.

How can we prevent antibiotics from becoming obsolete?

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DeepMind's AI used to develop tiny 'syringe' for injecting gene therapy and tumor-killing drugs

How are people cured of HIV? Here's everything

you need to know

Childhood obesity should be treated early and aggressively, new guidelines say.

Is that safe?

ALL ABOUT ME

Dance served as my unconventional gateway into science journalism.

I spent my college years sprinting from

mirror-lined dance studios to dimly lit neuroscience laboratories and then

back again for rehearsal.

I translated the intricacies of memory formation and neurological disease into movement phrases, and I brought those

to the stage.

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NOW, AS A SCIENCE JOURNALIST,

MY GOAL IS THE SAME:

I want to get science out of the laboratory and in front of fresh eyes.

MY CREDENTIALS

I'm the health channel editor for Live Science, and you

can also find my byline in The Scientist Magazine, 

Science NewsSpace.com, Eos, Mongabay, 

The San Jose Mercury News, Monterey County Herald, 

and Asahi Shimbun GLOBE+, among other outlets.

 

I previously worked at Live Science as a health news editor

and as a staff reporter. As a reporter, I primarily covered 

health and medicine but also wrote animal, evolutionary

biology, environment and conservation stories.

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Before joining Live ScienceI received expert training

in writing, reporting and digital media content creation 

at the UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program. 

I also served as a public information officer at the 

Stanford University School of Medicine, UC San Francisco,

and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.

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In heading the Live Science health desk, I am

always eager to dive into the nitty-gritty mechanisms

behind a disease, while also tackling stories that provide

readers with practical, actionable information

about their bodies and health care.

SELECT CLIPS

Live Science - March 17, 2021

Why does DNA spontaneously mutate? Quantum physics

might explain.

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Live Science - May 14, 2020

Blind people could 'see' letters that scientists drew on their brains with electricity

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BrainFacts - September 19, 2019​

How Your Brain Keeps You From Running Into Walls

 

The Scientist - August 16, 2019

Immune Cell Bank Bets on Future CAR T Success

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Science News - June 27, 2019

Antioxidants may encourage the spread of lung cancer rather than prevent it

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Stanford Medicine Magazine - March 11, 2019

Hitting pain’s off switch (adaptation of Science Notes piece)

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Featured by SciShortform Jul - Sep 2019:

The Scientist Magazine - Jul. 25, 2019

Designer Protein Acts as a Switch for Cellular Circuitry

MULTIMEDIA SAMPLES

SELECT WORK

​Life's Little Mysteries Podcast,

"Coronavirus: A Life's Little Mysteries Special Report - August 14th"

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Featuring audio from an

LS Facebook Livestream

How Are COVID-19 Vaccines Tested?​

Written and presented by Nicoletta

Can Boas Breathe While They Constrict?Written and presented by Nicoletta

Coronavirus Update 4/30/20​

LS Livestream on Facebook

Anxiety In Teens & PTSD​

LS Livestream for Mental Health Month

Monkeypox Explained​
Written and presented by Nicoletta

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