
Fenella Saunders
Fenella Saunders is editor in chief of American Scientist, the magazine of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, where she has been on staff since 2005. She was previously a science writer/editor for New York University School of Medicine's publications office and associate editor of their magazine, NYU Physician. Additionally, she spent eight years at Discover magazine, where she was an associate editor and online editor. A coauthor of Popular Science's Space 2100: To Mars and Beyond in the Century to Come (Time Inc., 2003), she has also freelanced for Popular Mechanics, Scholastic, The Learning Channel and The Discovery Channel. She received an A.B. degree in computer science from Duke University and a Master's degree in psychology and animal behavior from Hunter College of the City University of New York.
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Article
- A Biting Buzz
- A Sense of Direction
- Nanoscale Science
- Celebrating Science
- Computer-Designed Antibiotics
- Fossils Saved by Fool’s Gold
- Self-Organized Scales
- Understanding Consciousness
- Custom-Tuned Materials
- The Thrill of Discovery
- Field Experiences
- Treating the Side Effects
- Uncovering Nanostructures
- Fins Working Together
- Little Things Do a Lot
- The Mechanics of Voice
- Equitable Treatment
- Dynamic Science
- Wearable, Wireless Electronics
- Breeding Better Enzymes
- Dealing with Uncertainty
- Talk It Out
- The Power of Data Literacy
- Uncovering Ancient Corrections
- Henry Petroski, 1942–2023
- Pushing and Pulling in Plants
- Seeing What We Can't See
- Modeling Well
- Inspiring Environments
- The Human Factor in Floods
- In the Thick of It
- Innovation Using History
- Synthesizing Engineering and Biology
- Chemistry at the Quantum Level
- Collect New Data, Revise, Repeat
- Reef Health from Space
- Coping with Conflict
- Lemurs in Context
- Human Influence
- The Genes Behind Ecosystems
- 3D Printing Medical Devices
- What is Convergence Science?
- Incremental Steps
- The Enduring Legacy of the Maya
- Beyond the Honeybee
- Life's Variety
- Open Flow
- Exoplanet Atmosphere Modeler
- What It Means to Be Real
- Puzzling Brains
- Beautiful Data
- Giants in Traffic
- Healthy Skepticism
- Hidden Secrets at All Scales
- Tinkering with Crystals
- A Walk to Remember
- Switch Up Your Lenses
- The Pace of Life
- No Droplets From Drills
- Policy vs. Politics
- Quarantine Stories
- Creativity Knows No Barriers
- First Person: Manuel Lima
- Social Distancing and Connection
- Revealing the Invisible
- First Person: Richard Leakey
- Making Results Actionable
- A Year of Anniversaries
- Nature Finds a Way
- First Person: Geraldine L. Richmond
- It's All About Context
- First Person: Jeff Dean
- Working with a Lack of Data
- First Person: Latifa Jackson
- Getting a Reaction
- Resource Allocation
- Group Innovation
- Claim Ownership
- Technology has Social Consequences
- First Person: Susan Coppersmith
- Follow the Evidence
- Origami-inspired Medical Implants
- Doubt and Dialogue
- First Person: Alexander Orlov
- Satellite Lost and Found
- Croplands Up Close
- Divvying Up
- First Person: Sally C. Seidel
- Modern Challenges
- In It Together
- First Person: Karen Oates
- Pressure in the Pink
- First Person: M. V. Ramana
- First Person: Herman O. Sintim
- First Person: Andrea L. Bertozzi and P. Jeffrey Brantingham
- First Person: Michael Spencer
- DNA Damage and Nanoparticles
- Air Pollution and Sunlight Q&A
- Making the Cut
- Enter the Dragons
- Particles Crash Again
- Iron in the Sun
- The Bonds that Make Everything
- Search for Brown Dwarfs
- In Memory of Austin Green
- The Science of Narrative
- Taking Action, Online and In Person
- Podcasts, Slideshows, and Videos, Oh My!
- First Person: Building with DNA
- New Year's Resolutions
- The Great Unknown
- Keep Your Eyes Open
- Pulling On the Shade
- The Life of a Star
- The Silver Lining
- Cetacean Portraits
- Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture
- The Sharpest Eye in the Sky
- Tying Water into Knots
- When the World Went Digital
- Elemental Energy
- The Tinkerers
- Picturing the Cosmos
- A Map of the Universe
- A Supersized View of the Universe
- Series of Milestones
- A Field Guide to Radiation
- Cracking with Electricity
- Microrockets Fizz Along
- Bring on the Soft Robots
- Minuscule Speed Traps
- Bringing Up Robots
- Get a Grainy Grip
- The Disappearing Spoon and The Elements
- Copper, Heal Thyself
- Amphibious Caterpillars
- Amplifying with Acid
- Multitasking to Distraction
- Overpopulated, but Still Untamed
- Working Best Under Pressure
- What's All the Flap About?
- It's All Relative
- The Language Playing Field
- A Light Switch on Cells
- Short takes on three books
- Addicts Bet on the Present
- Short takes on three books
- Touching the Listener
- Sounding Out Muscle Health
- A Sound Use for Heat
- Ice Entwined
- Dulcet Dunes
- Shake an Egg
- Going Against the Flow
- A Helix with a Handle
- Burn, Magnet, Burn
- The Grail Bird, The Math Instinct, and Tiger Bone and Rhino Horn
- Water Fight
Blog
- A Tour of the Solar System
- The Changing World of Microscopy
- Studying Arachnids All Over the World—and in Space
- American Scientist Year in Review 2021
- A Special Collection for Pi Day
- American Scientist Year in Review 2020
- The Crazy Anatomy of Horned Dinosaurs
- Illuminating the Micro-World to Understand Viral Infections
- Pathogens and Pandemics
- Moogfest Amps Up Connections between Science and Music
- Bio-Responsive Smart Drug Delivery
- STEM Books for Older Children 2016
- STEM Reads 2016
- STEM Books for Young Children 2016
- After Fukushima: Nuclear Power Programs Around the World
- Escher the Scientist
- How Sleep Affects Performance, Health, and Well-Being
- The Mathematics of Crime
- The Promise of 2D Materials
- Fire’s Weird Behavior in Space
- New Strategies to Curb Bacterial Infections
- Playing Sports in Hyperbolic Space
- The Science of Innovation and Deep Learning
- Double-Edged Nanoparticles: DNA Disrupters and Cancer Fighters
- How Hair Ice Grows
- Pollution Particles in the Air and How the Sun Changes Them
- Can Your Phone Tell You If Your Food Is Safe?
- 20 Years of Exoplanet Discoveries
- Oliver Sacks Remembered, in Books
- Developing Duplicates: 3D Printing Replacement Body Parts
- The Day the Bomb Dropped
- The Power of the Little Guy
- The Many Faces of Richard Feynman
- The Real Twilight Zone
- Tuck In Your Kids with Science Bedtime Stories
- Charles Darwin on Social Media
- Doodling the Science News Headlines
- Evergreen Articles