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Jennifer Hackett
Jennifer Hackett
Jennifer Hackett is a graduate of the College of William and Mary, where she studied physics and history. She’s always been fascinated by science but writing and communication have been her specialty; working as a science journalist enables her to pursue her passion while utilizing her skills. She particularly enjoys writing about the intersection between science and politics, and enjoys any excuse to bring up nuclear topics or the Manhattan Project. When not writing about things like space probes or weird particles, she enjoys sewing, video games, and anything involving atomic culture.
Jennifer Hackett • July 17, 2015
A powerful light source probes the universe's darkest secrets
Jennifer Hackett • June 26, 2015
Not all mushroom clouds are nuclear, but that doesn’t mean any old boom will do
Jennifer Hackett • March 9, 2015
There’s more to making a soap bubble than a breath and a wand
Jennifer Hackett • February 13, 2015
If you think this is just about Pluto, you’re thinking too small
Jennifer Hackett • February 9, 2015
The debris littering this historic island is just a tiny part of a global littering problem
Jennifer Hackett • January 2, 2015
A newly authorized park hopes to make the forgotten history of the atomic bomb public knowledge
Jennifer Hackett • November 11, 2014
Walter Isaacson’s “The Innovators” and the restoration of women to their rightful place computing history