About Scienceline

Scienceline is a student-run online magazine published by the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program (SHERP) in the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. For more information, e-mail us. See below for our corrections and comments policies.

Scienceline’s writers and editors are unpaid but you can express support for them and their work by making a tax-deductible contribution to a university-administered SHERP scholarship fund, the proceeds of which are used solely to benefit future SHERP students via tuition-remission scholarships.

Scienceline Staff

Editor in Chief
Kelly Slivka

Managing Editors
Benjamin Plackett
Laura Geggel

Training Editor
Susan E. Matthews

Copy Editors
Kate Yandell
Virat Markandeya

Section Editors
Environment: Justine E. Hausheer
Life Science: Ashley Taylor
Health: Taylor Kubota
Physical Science: Allison T. McCann

Blog Editors
Miriam Kramer
Emma Bryce

Multimedia Editor
Jonathan Chang

Social Media Director
Katheryn Doyle

Contributors
Andrea Anderson, Molika Ashford, Lindsey Bewley, Ariel Bleicher, Allison Bond, Sabina Borza, Joey Castro, Rachele Cooper, Susan Cosier, Ciara Curtin, Amanda DeMatto, Francie Diep, Emily V. Driscoll, Shelley Dubois, Michael Glenn Easter, Emily Elert,  Rose Eveleth, Sarah Fecht, Kristina Fiore, Joanna Foster, Stuart Fox, Crystal Gammon, Robert Goodier, Zach Gottlieb, Andrew Grant, Bob Grant, Mary Beth Griggs, Lena Groeger, Mara Grunbaum, Adam T. Hadhazy, Karina Hamalainen,  Monica Heger, Jeremy Hsu, Christopher Intagliata, Brett Israel, Ferris Jabr, Alyson Kenward, Olivia Koski, Jessie Jiang, Frederik Joelving, Madeleine Johnson, Andrew Klein, Meredith Knight, Lindsey Konkel, Ben Leach, Julie Leibach, Dave Levitan, Alex Liu, Susannah F. Locke, Rachel Mahan, Melissa Mahony, Douglas Main,  Jennifer Moser, Rachel Nuwer, Eric R. Olson, Mike Orcutt, Erik Ortlip, Katie Palmer, Morgen E. Peck, Katie Peek, Lynne Peeples, Natalie Peretsman, Kristin Elise Phillips, Genevra Pittman,Rachael Rettner, Sabrina Richards, Cassie Rodenberg, Josh Romero, Valerie Ross, Anna Rothschild, Karen Schrock, Peter Sergo, , Alison Snyder, Greg Soltis, Victoria Stern, Carina Storrs, Andrea Thompson, Katherine Tweed, Madhu Venkataramanan, Stephanie Warren, Molly Webster, Melinda Wenner, Erica Westly, Amber Williams, Edyta Zielinska

Faculty Advisor
Ivan Oransky, M.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York University

Publisher
Dan Fagin
Associate Professor, New York University
Director, SHERP

Corrections Policy
Here at Scienceline, we do our best to be accurate at all times. But after all, we’re only human, so once in a while we do screw up. Please contact us if you think we’ve made a mistake. We will correct serious factual errors in the body of the offending article and append a note explaining the change. Typos, punctuation errors, and misspellings will be corrected without notice.

Comments Policy
Due to an increase in spam, Scienceline will be screening comments before they are posted. Approved comments should appear within 48 hours. Inappropriate or offensive posts will not be tolerated.

Blog Photo Credits
The Bestiary: Riccardo Cuppini, flickr.com; Elucidata: Katie Peek; Ever Wondered: Katie Peek; The Scienceline Podcast: visual.dichotomy, flickr.com; Scienceline Staff Picks: Lena Groeger; Sniff: Ritchie King; Sounds Like Science: Tessa Watson, flickr.com; Test Tube Kitchen; Mykl Roventine, flickr; The Doug Addict: Lena Groeger; The Rocks Know: Mary Beth Griggs; The Urban Scientist: Jason Arends, flickr.com