Bethany Brookshire

Bethany Brookshire was a longtime staff writer at Science News Explores and is the author of the book Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains. She has a B.S. in biology and a B.A. in philosophy from The College of William and Mary, and a Ph.D. in physiology and pharmacology from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She was a 2019-2020 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, the winner of the Society for Neuroscience Next Generation Award and the Three Quarks Daily Science Writing Award, among others.

All Stories by Bethany Brookshire

  1. Teachers can get teens into college labs

    Early research experience is a great opportunity for a student. James Truglio shares how he gets teens from his class into summer research.

  2. Scientists who open labs to teens promote STEM inspiration

    Scientists willing to take high school students into their labs can inspire young scientists, and benefit their own lab team at the same time.

  3. New movie on the little robotics team that could

    A new movie shares the inspirational story of the 2004 Carl Hayden High School robotics team — and the challenges those students continue to face.

  4. Academy helps science teachers up their game

    Many newbies feel they don’t get a lot of support. The National Science Teacher Association has a program to help early-career teachers build a network.

  5. Crabby project inspires young scientist

    On a whim, Meera Joseph decided to try research. But in a university lab she uncovered parasites in a little-known crab — and discovered her love of research.

  6. Physics

    Measure the width of your hair with a laser pointer

    You can measure the width of a human hair with the help of a laser pointer, some math and a phenomenon called diffraction.

  7. Physics

    Comic book heroine teaches science

    Most people don’t think of superheroes as science teachers. But a comic book from the American Physical Society wants to change that. Meet Spectra, the human laser.

  8. Earth

    Mailing off my microbeads

    I was shocked to find out that my face wash contains plastics that might possibly harm marine creatures. So I’m donating it to science.

  9. Animals

    Keep the lights on for National Moth Week

    Helping scientists is as easy as leaving your porch light on. Photograph the moths you see and upload them to the Internet for science.

  10. Wire critter shows power of surface tension

    Water striders walk on water by using surface tension. Now you can do the same with a wire critter weight-lifting contest.

  11. Science & Society

    Dissect a frog and keep your hands clean

    Dissecting frogs can be a fun and useful way to learn about anatomy. If you don’t have a frog on hand, here are three smartphone apps that allow you have your frog legs and dissect them, too.

  12. Teaching the teachers with arctic exploration

    An expedition company teams up with National Geographic to help teachers get out of the classroom so that they can share polar experiences with their students.