Sarah Scoles

Author bio

Sarah Scoles is a science writer based in Berkeley, California. Her work has appeared in Popular Science, Discover, Motherboard, Aeon, and others. She writes about the science of both this planet and the ones thousands of light years away.

Sarah Scoles’s Contributions:

A New Treatment Could Save Sea Lions from a Deadly Algae

Researchers are testing to see if alpha lipoic acid can halt the toxic effects of domoic acid.

Nov 19, 2015 | 900 words, about 4 minutes

Newly restored, the Golden Rule departs from California’s Humboldt Bay on a modern peace mission. Photo by Sarah Scoles

Peace: That Ship Has Sailed

Dragged from the muck of a California bay, the original “peace boat” that sailed in 1958 to protest nuclear weapons is back. Sort of.

Sep 23, 2015 | 3,500 words, about 17 minutes

Hakai Magazine

Coastal science and societies