Fechi Inyama

Fechi Inyama is the 2026 AAAS Mass Media Fellow with Science News. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in microbiology at MIT, where she is studying the evolution of microbial metabolisms throughout Earth history. Her writing has appeared in the MIT Science Policy Review, Sequencer Magazine and Reviewer, Too, among other publications.

All Stories by Fechi Inyama

  1. Space

    Plasma whirlpools on the sun could trigger solar flares

    The largest solar telescope in the world captured swirling plasma structures on the sun’s surface. Take a look.

  2. Animals

    Scientists Say: Amphisbaenian

    Little is known about these elusive soil-dwellers that resemble both worms and snakes.