Nikk has written for Science, Scientific American, Science News, The Scientist, Inside Science, Eos, The San Jose Mercury News, Mongabay, The Monterey Herald, and beyond.
(Science News) -- When corn farmers harvest their crop, they often leave the stalks, leaves and spent cobs to rot in the fields. Now, engineers have fashioned a new strain of yeast that can convert this inedible debris into ethanol, a biofuel...(read more)
(Science News) -- In a fossilized chunk of ancient reptilian poo, scientists have uncovered complete specimens of a new beetle species. The finding, described June 30 in Current Biology, suggests that fossilized dung could contain more details about past life than previously thought...(read more)
(Science News) -- Dinosaurs didn't just summer in the high Arctic; they may have lived there year-round, new fossil evidence suggests...(read more)
(Science News) -- On December 9, 2019, a cloud of steam and volcanic gases blasted out of New Zealand's Whakaari, or White Island, volcano. Relative to eruptions at other volcanoes, the explosion was small. But it claimed the lives of 22 people and injured another 25...(read more)
(Science News) -- For two summers in a rugged corner of Idaho's Pioneer Mountains, the roar of rushing whitewater filled the air. But where the loud sounds prevailed, only gentle streams flowed by...(read more)