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K.R. Callaway

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Science journalist based in NYC UVA alumna & master's student at NYU krcallaway.com

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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Over the past few months, I’ve had the opportunity to chat with NASA scientists who've helped make Artemis II and its science goals possible. Find those stories and a lot more in Scientific American's coverage of the historic mission: www.scientificamerican.com/report/nasa-...
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EJ Today News @ejtodaynews.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
#Michigan’s Other Water Crisis: #PFAS’s Prevalence in Private Wells @krcallaway.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org #news #environment EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list insideclimatenews.org/news/3012202...
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Michigan’s Other Water Crisis: PFAS’s Prevalence in Private Wells - Inside Climate News
Seeking peace and quiet amid hectic careers, Sandy Wynn-Stelt and her husband Joel moved to Kent County, Michigan, in 1992. They picked out a home surrounded by woods and across from a Christmas tree ...
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Ahead of the curve when it comes to testing city water for PFAS, Michigan has met its match with the state’s over one million private wells, urging residents to get their water tested. Read about it in my latest for Inside Climate News: insideclimatenews.org/news/3012202...
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Michigan’s Other Water Crisis: PFAS’s Prevalence in Private Wells - Inside Climate News
Seeking peace and quiet amid hectic careers, Sandy Wynn-Stelt and her husband Joel moved to Kent County, Michigan, in 1992. They picked out a home surrounded by woods and across from a Christmas tree ...
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Polluted waterways near Chicago might be helping keep invasive crustaceans at bay, a recent study suggests. Read about it in my latest for Inside Climate News: insideclimatenews.org/news/2811202...
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Invasive Scud Is Threatening the Great Lakes. Pollution Might Be Helping to Keep It Back. - Inside Climate News
Long-polluted waterways near Chicago are part of a system of natural and manmade barriers keeping invasive crustaceans at bay, a recent study suggests.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 07/10/2025
The uncertainty of a tariff-laden future is already here for the longshoremen handling imports and exports. And with fewer ships to work on, it means less time for new workers to learn the trade. f-st.co/HNTFRJM
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What Trump's tariffs are doing to West Coast ports—and the future of the dockworkers
The uncertainty of a tariff-laden future is already here for the longshoremen handling imports and exports. And with fewer ships to work on, it means less time for new workers to learn the trade.
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 07/10/2025
Already plagued by industrial pollution and health care access issues, experts say climate change is making things even more difficult for people with asthma in Detroit.
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Detroit Is the Nation’s Most Challenging City for People with Asthma, a New Report Suggests - Inside Climate News
Already plagued by industrial pollution and health care access issues, experts say climate change is making things even more difficult for people with asthma in Detroit.
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Difficulty digesting large meals may limit where temperature-sensitive Burmese pythons can call home. Learn about what this means for areas where they are invasive in my latest for Live Science: www.livescience.com/animals/snak...
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Cold snap in Florida made Burmese python puke up a whole deer
Difficulty digesting large meals may limit where these temperature-sensitive snakes can call home — and that might be a good thing in places where they're invasive.
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
While interning at Fast Company, I had the opportunity to write about more than 150 companies recognized in the 2025 Best Workplaces for Innovators List. It was great to help bring the award program to life. You can read the list of winning companies here:
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Migratory birds making their late-night flights aren’t the only ones who prefer dark skies. This weekend, a stargazing event in Michigan is bringing attention to the growing “dark sky movement.” Read about it in my first for Inside Climate News: insideclimatenews.org/news/1209202...
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In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Stargazing Sheds Light on the Dark Sky Movement - Inside Climate News
Visitors and conservationists will bask in the darkness of Keweenaw County this weekend during the Great Lakes Aurora Dark Sky Jamboree.
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
AI is getting better at mimicking artists' copyrighted work. Are lawsuits and digital protections enough to stop it? Find out in my latest for Fast Company: www.fastcompany.com/91394281/can...
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Can artists really stop AI from stealing their work?
Tools like Glaze and Nightshade aim to muddle AI training, while lawsuits and legislation target AI companies directly. But researchers warn defenses may never fully hold.
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Glow in the dark cancer cells are helping make surgeries more precise. Read more about the drug behind the glow in my latest for Fast Company: www.fastcompany.com/91393168/cyt...
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This drug that lights up cancer cells under infrared light is making tumor removal more precise for surgeons
Removing cancerous tissue and leaving as much healthy tissue as possible are two goals for surgeons. Cytalux helps with both.
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Investments in solar may have the biggest climate impact in a few key areas. Find out where in my latest for Fast Company: www.fastcompany.com/91392169/sol...
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Where solar investments pack the biggest climate punch
New research shows how ramping up solar energy in certain regions could lower emissions nationwide, offering policymakers a road map for strategic clean energy growth.
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The first analysis of mushroom bitterness reveals ultrapotent compounds
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This Mushroom’s Incredibly Bitter Taste Is New to Science
The first analysis of mushroom bitterness reveals ultrapotent compounds
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Living up to its name, the bitter bracket mushroom contains some of the most bitter substances known to science Read more about it in my latest for Scientific American: www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...
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This Mushroom’s Incredibly Bitter Taste Is New to Science
The first analysis of mushroom bitterness reveals ultrapotent compounds
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 25/07/2025
What is "surveillance pricing"? The price-gouging practice one congressman is on a mission to stop f-st.co/6tU7Ezn
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Companies use this sneaky pricing trick to overcharge you. One lawmaker wants it banned
A new bill aims to stop 'surveillance pricing,' which leverages AI to charge customers different prices based on their personal data.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 24/07/2025
Landed a job interview? Think about what hour you schedule it for. According to a new study, the time of day you interview can impact your performance. f-st.co/ijlJDKY
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The time of day could impact your job interview
According to a new study by researchers at the University of Messina, interview outcomes correlate with specific times of day.
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Are the data centers that support big tech ambitions driving up energy costs for everyone? Read about the link between AI and your energy bill in my latest for Fast Company: www.fastcompany.com/91368903/ai-...
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AI data centers require massive amounts of power—making electricity more expensive for everyone around them
Is new infrastructure to support big tech ambitions driving up energy costs for everyone?
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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 17/07/2025
As part of our campaign to protect #HudsonCanyon, select fishmongers in New York have been turning butcher paper into a call to action, writes @fastcompany.com. 🌎 www.fastcompany.com/91367948/nyc...
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NYC Fishmongers are turning butcher paper into a call to action
A new conservation campaign to protect New York's marine life asks people to consider where their food comes from.
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Fishmongers around the city are using eye-catching butcher paper to ask people to consider where their food comes from. Read about the conservation campaign behind the paper in my article for Fast Company: www.fastcompany.com/91367948/nyc...
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NYC Fishmongers are turning butcher paper into a call to action
A new conservation campaign to protect New York's marine life asks people to consider where their food comes from.
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
High unemployment rates for recent grads in the U.S. are pushing some to look for work farther afield. Read about the influx of young people teaching English abroad in my new article for Fast Company: www.fastcompany.com/91364955/new...
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With limited job prospects at home, new grads are having better luck teaching abroad
Almost 6% of new grads are unemployed compared to 4% of the general population. Some new grads are turning to teaching English abroad.
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
For the Chesapeake Bay Journal, I wrote about Virginia's troubled history with commercial fishing -- and what it means for our ospreys. Read it here: www.bayjournal.com/opinion/foru...
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As osprey chicks starve, Virginia history risks repeating itself
It’s summertime in coastal Virginia, and osprey whistles and chirps once again fill the air. These birds are found on nearly every continent, but their largest breeding population — estimated
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar object ever detected. Soon, you might be able to see it from your own telescope! www.fastcompany.com/91362960/int...
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An interstellar object is passing through our solar system right now, and you can stream it live online
3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object ever detected. You can stream the object live today, or maybe see it from your own telescope!
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
It's been a busy few weeks at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, where last-minute fixes helped bring the first images to life. Read about it here in my first for Sky & Telescope: skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
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Vera C. Rubin Observatory Releases Long-Awaited First Photos
We're now seeing the first images after years of effort and frantic last-minute fixes that pushed the new observatory to completion.
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Today, the first images from the world's largest digital camera at Vera C. Rubin Observatory were finally unveiled! Read about the new observatory and its unique science goals in my article for BBC Sky at Night Magazine: www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/vera-c-...
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Vera C Rubin Observatory first images | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
After months of tests and calibration, the Rubin Observatory camera’s first images are unveiled, showing the Lagoon Nebula and Virgo Cluster.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 21/06/2025
The research offers some of the strongest evidence yet that regulating plastic bag use makes a difference in reducing the amount of plastic waste in marine ecosystems.
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Thanks to bans and fees, there are fewer plastic bags littering beaches
Policies aimed at reducing single-use plastic bags have led to a significant decrease in bags found on shorelines.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 20/06/2025
More than 90% of immigrants arrested by the agency are held in private detention centers, most of which are operated by just two companies: Geo Group and CoreCivic.
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With ICE crackdowns on the rise, private prisons are booming businesses
The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown means a huge influx of federal dollars to two major private prison companies.
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Fast Company @fastcompany.com · 15/06/2025
Love or hate AI, it’s reshaping how we apply to jobs.
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How to use AI to write your résumé
Experts provide tips on how to use AI to write a resume that helps you stand out and what mistakes to avoid.
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Ever wondered how your knitting project will turn out? Ask a physicist! In my first for @sciam.bsky.social, researchers explain the new mathematical model that can help predict the age-old art of knitting. Read it here: www.scientificamerican.com/article/knit...
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Knitting’s Complex Shapes Explained in New Physics Model
A new mathematical model helps to advance the centuries-old art of knitting
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Yellowstone's two bison herds have merged into one, a new genetic analysis shows. Read my latest for Live Science here: www.livescience.com/animals/land...
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
How did Fiji iguanas end up so far away from their Western Hemisphere cousins? This long-standing mystery might finally be solved! My latest for @livescience.com: www.livescience.com/animals/liza...
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Mystery of how iguanas ended up in Fiji finally solved
Ancient iguanas sailed around 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji by clinging to floating vegetation, new research suggests.
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
For Audubon Magazine, I wrote about the charismatic birds-of-paradise and their newly-discovered ability to glow! Check it out here: www.audubon.org/magazine/bir...
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Birds-of-Paradise Feathers Are More Than Flashy—They Glow
Researchers recently discovered that dozens of species in the flamboyant family are biofluorescent, emitting a gleaming light that could enhance their mating displays.
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Scienceline @scienceline.org · 27/02/2025
Oceans are warming all around the world, but one area of the North Atlantic stays persistently cool. Experts worry this Atlantic anomaly could point to big changes in ocean circulation, @krcallaway.bsky.social reports.
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What is the ‘cold blob’ in the North Atlantic? - Scienceline
A region in the subpolar North Atlantic has resisted global warming. This “cold blob” could be an important indicator of climate change.
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Scienceline @scienceline.org · 06/03/2025
@krcallaway.bsky.social explores what archeological artifacts can reveal about how writing systems emerged and evolved alongside both the material world and the human mind.
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Tracing cognition from clay stamps to cuneiform and beyond - Scienceline
Writing is something many of us take for granted, but the journey from proto-cuneiform to modern literacy is an important cognitive evolution.
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Seeing more rats in the city? For @livescience.com, I wrote about the link between increasing rat populations and climate change.
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Scienceline @scienceline.org · 27/01/2025
@krcallaway.bsky.social reports on a recent Edinburgh Futures Institute panel, where experts gathered to share their perspectives about an issue on many teachers’ minds: what role should AI play in the classroom?
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Is it time to hit the pause button on AI in the classroom? - Scienceline
As more students and teachers use AI, some researchers and educators worry that it may do more harm than good.
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Scienceline @scienceline.org · 24/01/2025
Nearly half of women have dense breasts, which can increase breast cancer risk and make cancer harder to detect without additional screening — although it is unclear whether additional imaging consistently improves cancer detection, @krcallaway.bsky.social reports.
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
For @texassignal.bsky.social, I explored the economics of Trump's plan to expand domestic energy production. Read it here: texassignal.com/drill-baby-d...
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‘Drill baby, drill’? Not So Fast
Simple economics may complicate Trump’s plans to expand fracking and other oil and gas production.
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Scienceline @scienceline.org · 16/01/2025
Marine mammals rely on hearing more than any other sense. In the latest Scienceline podcast, @krcallaway.bsky.social explores how noisy human activity in the Arctic affects local wildlife and how researchers say we can reduce noise pollution buff.ly/40yRvkU
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Scienceline @scienceline.org · 22/12/2024
Most stormwater infrastructure in the United States is not built to withstand the severe floods that are happening more frequently due to climate change, @krcallaway.bsky.social reports. scienceline.org/2024/12/how-...
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How traditional stormwater infrastructure contributed to ‘The Great Flood of 2014’ - Scienceline
Interconnected infrastructure can exacerbate urban flooding, a new study suggests
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Scienceline @scienceline.org · 19/12/2024
NYC students with disabilities have higher rates of chronic absenteeism than peers without disabilities. The district does not offer guidance to address absenteeism in students with disabilities — a class action lawsuit aims to change this. @krcallaway.bsky.social scienceline.org/2024/12/atte...
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Attending school still out of reach for many NYC students with disabilities - Scienceline
Lawyers and advocates fighting for the rights of students with disabilities want city schools to do more to address chronic absenteeism.
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K.R. Callaway @krcallaway.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
For Eos, I wrote about the links between caribou and their snowy environment, as shown by research being presented at #AGU24
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