Eva Botkin-Kowacki
The Christian Science Monitor
Boston, MA, United States
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Finding the ‘joy of the bigger world’ during a confining year
It’s like walking into a moment frozen in time. I went into our now-empty newsroom to fetch a few things from my desk the other day. The jotted-down ideas made irrelevant by pandemic chaos, the unopened mail, and a colleague’s extra jacket tossed over the back of her chair are all stark reminders of what could’ve been. It’s like we never left March 2020, and yet so much has changed. A year… → Read More
How to deliver vaccines to rural Alaska? Mush has been said.
Medical workers are going the extra mile – or hundreds of miles – to ensure rural patients aren’t left behind as the COVID-19 vaccine is distributed. → Read More
How construction is reuniting wildlife one highway at a time
Highway construction often creates more division in the animal kingdom. But this kind of roadway is reconnecting wildlife – and saving lives. → Read More
Science on the half shell: Mussels yield new material
Scientists have stumbled upon a new form of calcite that could be used to clean up oceans spills. → Read More
Why this sci-tech journalist ditched his smartphone
Monitor staffer Eoin O’Carroll is no Luddite. But after a decade of being tethered to a smartphone, he’s decided to dial it back to a physical keypad. → Read More
A weighty vote: Who will win Fat Bear Week?
Katmai National Park’s soon-to-be-hibernating ursine residents are putting on weight, and their online fans are voting for their favorites. → Read More
Holy misdirected anger! Bats not to blame, say scientists.
Bats have long been associated with malevolence. But killing them only makes things worse, say biologists. → Read More
With Perseverance, NASA launches new stage in Mars exploration
Loaded with a suite of upgraded instruments, NASA’s Perseverance rover heralds a new era in Mars exploration. → Read More
The Warsaw Ghetto beat an epidemic. Scientists say they know how.
Mathematical modeling of typhus infections in the notorious Nazi ghetto leaves only one explanation, say scientists: social distancing saved the day. → Read More
To get groceries, America is now thinking inside the box
More Americans are turning to community-supported agriculture to get their groceries delivered during the pandemic. → Read More
Nature is a proven stress reliever. Even when you can’t leave home.
Feeling hemmed in by stay-at-home orders? Try a nature experience. Even a small one offers respite. → Read More
Nature is a balm. Even when you can’t leave home.
Feeling hemmed in by stay-at-home orders? Try a nature experience. Even a small one offers respite. → Read More
66-million-year-old ‘wonderchicken’ offers lesson in resilience
A 66-million-year-old fossil could help explain why some species survived the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. → Read More
Katherine Johnson: Remembering a brilliant mathematician, role model
Katherine Johnson blazed a trail into STEM for women and minorities through a three-decades long career at NASA. → Read More
Behold the xenobots – part frog, part robot. But are they alive?
A new class of robots, built from frog stem cells, is testing the boundaries of how we define life. → Read More
Say goodnight, Spitzer. Farewell to a groundbreaking space telescope.
You’ve likely heard of Hubble and Kepler. But the Spitzer was the Swiss Army knife of space telescopes. → Read More
Pet more dogs and other New Year’s resolutions you’ll want to keep
It’s a new year, and a new decade. In 2020, our reporter has a fresh view on New Year’s resolutions – one that empowers rather than frustrates. → Read More
Etched in DNA: Decoding the secrets of the past
What does it mean to be human? Ancient DNA helps paleoanthropologists probe deeper into our ancestral past. → Read More
For the birds: Can humans turn empathy into solutions?
U.S. and Canadian bird populations have declined by 3 billion since 1970, according to a new study in Science. → Read More
Wait, fish make noise? Meet the ‘fish listeners.’ (audio)
The ocean is not a silent world. And understanding its soundscape is essential to our ability to be good stewards of it. → Read More