Rebecca Boyle | Inside Science

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Rebecca Boyle is an award-winning freelance journalist covering astronomy, zoonoses and everything in between. She is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and her work regularly appears in Popular Science, New Scientist, Aeon, Wired, and other publications for adults and kids.

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A gray bonnethead shark, near the water's surface, shown from above, with deep, dark waters below.

Sharks Have a Magnetic Sense of Where They Are

Researchers confirm that sharks use a magnetic field to change their route.

Rebecca Boyle, Contributor

Landscape image shows an archaeological site amid a mix of trees and grass, with a mountain in the background.

Thousand-Year-Old Furnace in Cambodia Shows How Earth's Magnetic Field Shifts

Understanding how magnetic fields change is crucial for protecting communications networks and power grids.

Rebecca Boyle, Contributor

Artist's composition of two newly discovered brown dwarfs.

Lonely Pair of Mystifying Space Objects Found Traversing the Void

The heavenly orbs are not quite stars and not quite planets.

Rebecca Boyle, Contributor

Philae's bouncing path

Spacecraft's Tumbling Landing Reveals Some of Comet's Surface is Like Cappuccino Foam

To researchers' surprise, Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has ice that's fluffier than freshly fallen snow.

Rebecca Boyle, Contributor

Heavy Rains Volcano

Heavy Rains May Make Volcanoes Rumble

A new study suggests a correlation between volcanic activity and heavy rainfall, but other volcanologists are skeptical.

Rebecca Boyle, Contributor

'Rock Tides' Yield Insights into How Rocks Move

Understanding how seemingly solid rocks get squished could make mining and construction projects safer.

Rebecca Boyle, Contributor

See all articles by Rebecca Boyle

Contributor

Rebecca Boyle is an award-winning freelance journalist covering astronomy, zoonoses and everything in between. She is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and her work regularly appears in Popular Science, New Scientist, Aeon, Wired, and other publications for adults and kids.

Author Articles

A gray bonnethead shark, near the water's surface, shown from above, with deep, dark waters below.

Sharks Have a Magnetic Sense of Where They Are

Researchers confirm that sharks use a magnetic field to change their route.

Rebecca Boyle, Contributor

Landscape image shows an archaeological site amid a mix of trees and grass, with a mountain in the background.

Thousand-Year-Old Furnace in Cambodia Shows How Earth's Magnetic Field Shifts

Understanding how magnetic fields change is crucial for protecting communications networks and power grids.

Rebecca Boyle, Contributor

Artist's composition of two newly discovered brown dwarfs.

Lonely Pair of Mystifying Space Objects Found Traversing the Void

The heavenly orbs are not quite stars and not quite planets.

Rebecca Boyle, Contributor

Philae's bouncing path

Spacecraft's Tumbling Landing Reveals Some of Comet's Surface is Like Cappuccino Foam

To researchers' surprise, Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has ice that's fluffier than freshly fallen snow.

Rebecca Boyle, Contributor

Heavy Rains Volcano

Heavy Rains May Make Volcanoes Rumble

A new study suggests a correlation between volcanic activity and heavy rainfall, but other volcanologists are skeptical.

Rebecca Boyle, Contributor

'Rock Tides' Yield Insights into How Rocks Move

Understanding how seemingly solid rocks get squished could make mining and construction projects safer.

Rebecca Boyle, Contributor

See all articles by Rebecca Boyle