Jacqueline Ronson

Jacqueline Ronson is a science writer based on Vancouver Island, Canada. Before that she lived way up in Whitehorse, where she reported for the Yukon News. These days she likes to talk to smart people about the future of the planet, ride her bicycle, play her banjo, and frolic.

Science

Rising Sea Levels Could Unlock the Seastead Era

Crisis is opportunity.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

These Giant Dinosaurs Are Changing What We Know About Flight

Pterosaurs seem to have been much heavier than anyone realized.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

What Actually Happens In Your Body When You Get the 'Meat Sweats'

Carnivory is exhausting.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

The Next U.S. Total Eclipse Is in 2024. Here's Where to See It

It's good news for Texas and New England.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

The Dino-Killing Asteroid Blotted Out the Sun for Two Years

It was a dark time to be alive.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

How to Watch the Eclipse With Your Phone and Not Sunburn Your Eyes

It's not totally safe.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

These Sea Critters Trap and Remove Microplastics From Oceans

They're cleaning up our mess.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

Microdosing LSD Is Safer Than Taking Antidepressants, Says Neurobiologist

The latest trend in self-medication might be legally risky but biologically tame.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Health

The Plan to Prove Microdosing Makes You Smarter

Amanda Feilding has been working towards this goal for half a century.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

Environmentalists Sue EPA's Scott Pruitt To Make Him Do His Job

He won't enforce anti-pollution rules unless a judge forces him.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

Fracking Didn't Trigger Oklahoma's Earthquake Swarm

A different industry is at fault.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

Geochemical Testing Shows This Dinosaur Was a Ginger

This is the best preserved armored dinosaur in the world.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

This Guy Spent 7,000 Hours Chiseling a Dinosaur From its Tomb

Alberta's famous nodosaur has just been named in his honor.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

People in These Regions Will Face 'Unsurvivable' Heat by 2100 

Humans can't live at wet-bulb temperatures of 95 degrees for long.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

You're Doomed to a Love/Hate Relationship With Your Siblings

Most of us broker a fragile peace.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

Ancient DNA Reveals Why the Iberian Peninsula Is So Unique  

The story of humans is the story of migration.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

Lab-Grown Mini Brains Illuminate How Our Minds Evolved

These organoids show us how embryonic brains stay balanced.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

Latest Ocean Garbage Patch Is Bigger Than Texas

New photos show an ocean rich with plastic, barren of life.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

Pot Dispensaries Fight Crime, New Study Reveals

Why every neighborhood should welcome stoner business.

ByJacqueline Ronson
Science

Here's Where the Larsen C Iceberg Will Go Next

It has a very long journey ahead.

ByJacqueline Ronson