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James Gaines

Science Journalist and Fact-checker
  • About Me
  • Writing
  • Fact-Checking
  • Portfolio
    • Print and Web
    • Video Scripts
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Writing

I’ve written on subjects from why you can’t bake a mason jar to the legal status of brain scanning technology, but I’m especially interested in how we assign value to history and the natural world — and what happens once we do.

Featured
Building a Better Edible (Knowable Magazine)
Building a Better Edible (Knowable Magazine)
How Ancient Whales May Have Changed the Deep Ocean (PBS Eons)
How Ancient Whales May Have Changed the Deep Ocean (PBS Eons)
Glaciers Are Disappearing and So Too Might the Microbial Ecosystems Within (Inside Science)
Glaciers Are Disappearing and So Too Might the Microbial Ecosystems Within (Inside Science)
Ecosystems Around the Globe Contain Echoes of Past Peoples
Ecosystems Around the Globe Contain Echoes of Past Peoples
The Second Life of Animal Contraband (Undark)
The Second Life of Animal Contraband (Undark)
Changing Hands (The Seattle Times)
Changing Hands (The Seattle Times)
Ocean Athlete? Citizen Scientist. (REI Co-op Journal)
Ocean Athlete? Citizen Scientist. (REI Co-op Journal)
Brain Scans in the Courts: Prosecutor's Dream or Civil Rights Nightmare? (Inside Science)
Brain Scans in the Courts: Prosecutor's Dream or Civil Rights Nightmare? (Inside Science)
Forest Restoration for Fuel (SSIR)
Forest Restoration for Fuel (SSIR)
Flooding: Water potential (Nature)
Flooding: Water potential (Nature)
Seattle's epic plan to fight heroin starts with a simple nose spray. (Upworthy)
Seattle's epic plan to fight heroin starts with a simple nose spray. (Upworthy)
Have backyard chickens gone too free-range? (CityLab)
Have backyard chickens gone too free-range? (CityLab)