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Jeanette Kazmierczak

Jeanette Kazmierczak is Quanta Magazine’s news assistant. She was most recently an editorial assistant for the Global Climate Change website at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and has interned with NOVA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She has a master’s in specialized journalism, focusing in science, from the University of Southern California.

How Viruses May Have Led to Complex Life

Without viruses, we might never have evolved.

January 25, 2017

On the Moon’s Far Side, Clues to a Cataclysm?

A mission to collect samples from the far side of the moon could answer questions about a barrage of asteroids nearly 4 billion years ago.

December 22, 2016

The Cell’s Backup Genetic Instructions

The cell is equipped with multiple redundancies in case something goes wrong. Researchers have begun to map these systems.

November 10, 2016

Hope That an Old Drug Might Treat Zika

Scientists are having a difficult time finding a treatment for the Zika virus in part because so few drugs are safe for pregnant women. But one antibiotic has shown promise.

November 10, 2016

Off-the-Shelf Lens Assists Dark Matter Find

A camera lens often used by wildlife and sports photographers has helped astronomers learn about dark matter and galaxy formation.

November 10, 2016

Responding Rapidly to Big Discoveries

How do scientists react to major breaking science news? For astrophysicists after the big gravitational waves announcement, it was meeting for two weeks in Santa Barbara, California.

November 10, 2016

Air Traffic Control for Random Surfaces

Mathematicians have had a hard time finding commonalities in large groups of random shapes — until recently.

November 10, 2016