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
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?
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.
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 News, Space.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 Science, I 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
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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