Selected Stories - LAUREN J. YOUNG | TECH & SCIENCE JOURNALIST

Life Science + Environment

Picture of a large cricket in palm of a hand. a long skinny worm twists itself from the cricket's backend

Why We Should Defend Parasites
Science Friday, 8/21/2020

Picture of a 3D colored scanned image of a bird. its plumage is bright blue and black

How To See Like A Bird
Science Friday, 8/8/2019

Picture of a slab of fossilized coiled shells

The Mysterious Swimming Habits Of The Ancient Ammonite
Science Friday, 6/26/2019

Picture of a woman scientist standing in a clear river. white capped mountains are behind her

The Continental Outlier
Methods, From Science Friday, Editor, 6/6/2019

Picture of a skeleton of a stingray

Welcome To The Bone Room
Science Friday, 10/22/2018

Picture of a circular machine bobbing on the surface of bright blue ocean waters

The Invisible Forest Under The Sea
Science Friday, 8/16/2018

Picture of an octopus inside a white transparent shell, which is actually an egg case

The Seamstress And The Secrets Of The Argonaut Shell
Science Friday, 6/20/2018

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a black and white picture of a fisherman holding a large squid

John Steinbeck And The Mystery Of The Humboldt Squid
Science Friday, 6/22/2017

Picture of a lush forest

Seeing the Forest for the Tea
Science Friday, 3/30/2017

Technology

Picture of a vr headset with a photoshopped image of kids using vr over the lens

Get the Most from AR/VR Technology Without Breaking the Budget
School Library Journal, 4/7/2020

A graphic illustration of a phone that is shaped like a billboard

Promoting Digital Collections
Library Journal, 12/30/2019

Picture of the outside of two rooms with glass windows in a library. on the right, the room is glowing with different colored purple and blue lights

Alterspace Transforms Libraries Into "Rooms Of Requirement"
Library Journal, 5/22/2019

Picture of a large tape library

Preventing A 'Digital Dark Age'
Science Friday, Radio Guest, 12/15/2017

A gif of two tape reels spinning

Ghosts In The Reels
Part 1 of Science Friday's "File Not Found" series, 12/15/2017

Picture of two trading cards of a yellow neopet creature

How a Small Group of Devotees Are Saving Neopets from Extinction
Atlas Obscura, 8/2/2016

Picture of a laptop with code on the screen

How a Kitten Video Can Transmit Secret Instructions to Criminals
Atlas Obscura, 6/22/2016

Picture of a blue graphic symbol of a cellphone with 5G on the screen

Telecom Experts Plot a Path to 5G
IEEE Spectrum, 10/6/2015

Picture of a chaotic massive crowd of people

The Fuzzy Logic of Fleeing for Your Life
IEEE Spectrum, 9/18/2015

Health + Human Behavior

Living With Coronavirus, Behind Bars
Science Friday, 7/31/2020

Picture of a sun highlighting hazy air over a dry field

A Fever In The Dust
Methods, From Science Friday 4/24/2020

Picture of two scientists holding out petri dishes of fuzzy fungi

Finding Solutions To Treat Valley Fever
Science Friday, 4/24/2020

Picture of beautiful branching crystalline structures

Your Cervical Mucus Is Beautiful
Science Friday, 2/4/2020

Colored microscope image of virus particles highlighted orange

How To Catch The Flu (Under The Lens)
Science Friday, 3/27/2019

Picture of gloved hands holding a preserved human heart

What It's Like to Hold Your Own Heart
Atlas Obscura, 2/17/2017

Picture of three men and three women sipping out of milkshakes

How Our Make-Believe Relationships With Celebrities Shape Our Social Lives
Atlas Obscura, 9/23/2016

Picture of a child on a swing next to another empty swing

The Truth About Imaginary Friends
Science Friday, 5/26/2016

Picture of a female doctor holding and looking at a phone

Telemedicine a Growing Reality
MedPage Today, 1/29/2015

Space

Picture of a beautiful round black rock with a center tip that is gold

Up On The Roof, A Handful Of Urban Stardust
Science Friday, 9/25/2017

Picture of a group of scientists sitting and standing around a table with laptops. and they're all singing

Meet The People Of Cassini
Science Friday, 9/14/2017

A two-toned blue and cream illustration. There are two side by side, on the left are balloons above clouds and a satellite. on the right are two people crouching and taking a photo of a deer. both have an eclipse signal in the upper left corner

The Science Conducted Under The Darkness Of The Total Eclipse
Science Friday, 8/11/2017

A gif of rolling mist of dark hardened lava terrain. a group can be faintly seen in the distance walking across the terrain

Reimagining A Martian Mission On A Hawaiian Volcano
Science Friday, 4/14/2017

Black and white picture of a space suit helmet, gloves and boots on a table

The Female Space Sculptor Who Designed the Earliest Space and Aviation Helmets
Atlas Obscura, 1/18/2017

Picture of a rocket launching

The Mystery Behind Blue Origin's Turtle-Friendly Coat of Arms
Inverse, 4/15/2016

Physical Sciences

A sketch in brown and gold of a triassic period environment - with phytosaurs and other triassic animals

The Mass Extinction Detectives
Methods, From Science Friday, 12/7/2018

illustration of a phytosaur - which looks a bit similar to crocodiles

The Cold Case Of The Triassic Phytosaurs
Science Friday, 12/7/2018

Picture of a fossilized skull of a phytosaur, which has a very long narrow snout

A Day With Fossil Hunters
Science Friday, 9/21/2018

Picture of a desert scene. a ring is formed out of vegetation

The Mystery Of The Namibian Fairy Circles
Science Friday, 3/1/2018

Picture of a volcano

The Land of Volcanoes, Glaciers, and Mars-Like Deserts
Science Friday, 12/1/2015

black and white picture of male scientists in a lab

The Flaws In Forensic Science
Science Friday, 5/30/2017

History + Culture

an illustration of a smoking volcano

The Art And History Shaped By Volcanic Winters
Science Friday, 2/15/2019

a book print of a lab bench with frog legs and a scientist to the left

The Real Scientific Revolution Behind 'Frankenstein'
Science Friday, 2/6/2018

Picture of old ink scripture on parchment

Remembering Nüshu, the 19th-Century Chinese Script Only Women Could Write
Atlas Obscura, 2/16/2017

black and white picture of a real military tank next to a fake inflatable tank that is the same size

A Visual Guide to the Fake Fleets and Inflatable Armies of WWII
Atlas Obscura, 3/6/2017

Picture of a male and female circus performers in leotards

This Archive Is Digitizing The History Of The Circus
Smithsonian.com, 2/9/2017

an illustration of a boy carried on a man's shoulder reaching out and snatching the wig off a nobleman's head

The Elaborate Wig-Snatching Schemes of the 18th Century
Atlas Obscura, 1/9/2017

a black and white photo of three women in odd camouflage suits standing over another woman in a camouflage suit and positioning her on the ground to blend in

Why Women Pretended to Be Creepy Rocks and Trees in NYC Parks During WWI
Atlas Obscura, 10/6/2016

an old illustration of scholars in a library with great pillars and scrolls

The Fierce, Forgotten Library Wars of the Ancient World
Atlas Obscura, 8/26/2016

Picture of the inside of a barrel drum which has intricate patterns

The Most Beautiful Part of a Taiko Drum is Hidden Inside It
Atlas Obscura, 6/16/2016

Art

Picture two ballerinas dancing on a lunar set

Will We Ever Know Who Staged This Mysterious Moon Ballet?
Atlas Obscura, 8/4/2016

Picture of a man piecing together toothpicks of an intricate toothpick amusement park, with a full ferris wheel

The Folsom Prisoner Who Built Functional Miniature Carnivals Out of Toothpicks
Atlas Obscura, 7/8/2016

illustration of a beautifully geometric spiral of orange butterflies

Rafael Araujo Draws Perfect Illustrations by Hand Using Math's Golden Ratio
Inverse, 4/25/2016

an illustration of a space colony with stars behind it

This '70s Artist Painted Our Future in Space
Science Friday, 10/19/2015

an artwork with interconnected swirls and spirals

Math Is Beautiful
Science Friday, 1/19/2016

a drawing of a large orange fish

These Fish Posed for Pencils, Not Cameras
Science Friday, 12/19/2015

Architecture + Design

Picture of a large house with many windows on top of a hill

Earthships, the Ultimate in Off-Grid Architecture
Atlas Obscura, 2/6/2017

Picture of a unique building with a sphere in the middle and an arching lattice over it

8 Futuristic Buildings That Evoke Their Purpose
Inverse, 4/30/2016

Picture of people inside a cave constructed out of white play balls

D.C.'s Dupont Underground Trolley Station Turns Into an Art Gallery
Inverse, 4/8/2016