Maria Temming

Assistant Managing Editor, Science News Explores

Maria Temming is the Assistant Managing Editor at Science News Explores. Maria has undergraduate degrees in physics and English from Elon University and a master's degree in science writing from MIT. She has written for Scientific AmericanSky & Telescope and NOVA Next. She’s also a former staff writer at Science News.

All Stories by Maria Temming

  1. Science & Society

    Scientists Say: Dialect

    Different dialects of the same language have distinct words, pronunciations and sentence structures.

  2. Animals

    Let’s learn about animal cannibals

    The animal kingdom is full of creatures that eat their parents, their babies, their siblings or their mates.

  3. Science & Society

    Let’s learn about the Nobel Prize

    Nobel Prizes are the highest honors in science. But the prizes are far from perfect measures of scientific impact.

  4. Space

    Scientists Say: Campfire

    These miniature solar flares could help solve a big mystery about our sun.

  5. Animals

    Chimps and bonobos recognize familiar faces even after decades apart

    Chimpanzees and bonobos may boast the longest social memory of any animal besides humans.

  6. Climate

    Let’s learn about how much climate change is to blame for extreme weather

    Scientists can find out whether a natural disaster was more frequent or severe due to human-caused climate change. Here’s how.

  7. Space

    Scientists Say: Kugelblitz

    A black hole made of pure light —or kugelblitz — may be possible, at least in theory. But in practice: impossible.

  8. Animals

    Let’s learn about orangutans

    These shaggy, red-haired apes are more solitary than other primates, but moms and babies share a strong bond.

  9. Genetics

    Scientists Say: Telomere

    These protective caps at the ends of chromosomes play a key role in cell replication.

  10. Materials Science

    Scientists Say: Goldene

    Making this metallic, two-dimensional (2-D) material is difficult — but super-thin sheets of gold could have uses in electronics and chemistry.

  11. Animals

    Scientists Say: Beakiation

    Parrots use this clever sidestepping motion to maneuver along thin branches.

  12. Space

    Scientists Say: Astronomical interferometry

    This technique links up many telescopes to see the universe in finer detail than any single telescope could alone.