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
Rachel Feltman

Managing Editor
Ben Guarino

Copy Editors
Joss Fong and Katie Hiler

Associate Editor
Lily Hay Newman

Section Editors
Environment: Kate Baggaley and Nick Stockton
Life Science: Arielle Duhaime-Ross
Health: Roni Jacobson
Physical Science: Naveena Sadasivam

Blog Editors
William Herkewitz
Sarah Jacoby

Multimedia Editor
Alexa C. Kurzius

Social Media Director
Caitlin Q. Davis

Special Projects Director
Andrew P. Han

Contributors
Andrea Anderson, Molika Ashford, Lindsey Bewley, Ariel Bleicher, Allison Bond, Sabina Borza, Emma Bryce, Joey Castro, Jonathan Chang, Rachele Cooper, Susan Cosier, Ciara Curtin, Amanda DeMatto, Francie Diep, Kathryn Doyle, Emily V. Driscoll, Shelley Dubois, Michael Glenn Easter, Emily Elert,  Rose Eveleth, Sarah Fecht, Kristina Fiore, Joss Fong, Joanna Foster, Stuart Fox, Crystal Gammon, Laura Geggel, Robert Goodier, Zach Gottlieb, Andrew Grant, Bob Grant, Mary Beth Griggs, Lena Groeger, Mara Grunbaum, Adam T. Hadhazy, Karina Hamalainen, Justine Hausheer, Monica Heger, Jeremy Hsu, Christopher Intagliata, Brett Israel, Ferris Jabr, Jessie Jiang, Frederik Joelving, Madeleine Johnson, Christine Kelly, Alyson Kenward, Andrew Klein, Meredith Knight, Lindsey Konkel, Olivia Koski, Miriam Kramer, Taylor Kubota, Ben Leach, Julie Leibach, Dave Levitan, Alex Liu, Susannah F. Locke, Rachel Mahan, Melissa Mahony, Douglas Main, Virat Markandeya, Susan E. Matthews, Allison T. McCann, 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, Benjamin Plackett, Rachael Rettner, Sabrina Richards, Cassie Rodenberg, Josh Romero, Valerie Ross, Anna Rothschild, Karen Schrock, Peter Sergo, Kelly Slivka, Alison Snyder, Greg Soltis, Victoria Stern, Carina Storrs, Ashley Taylor, Andrea Thompson, Katherine Tweed, Madhu Venkataramanan, Stephanie Warren, Molly Webster, Melinda Wenner, Erica Westly, Amber Williams, Kate Yandell, 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