Sarah Scoles

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Sarah Scoles is an American science journalist. She won a 2021 David Perlman Award . [1] [2]

She was an editor at Astronomy.

Her work has appeared in Popular Science , [3] Scientific American , [4] and Wired magazine. [5]

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  2. "AGU honors journalists Mark Fischetti, Sarah Scoles and Jonathan O'Callaghan for outstanding science reporting". AGU Newsroom. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  3. "Sarah Scoles Archives". Popular Science. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  4. "Stories by Sarah Scoles". Scientific American. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  5. Nast, Condé. "Sarah Scoles". WIRED. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
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  7. Gewen, Barry (March 24, 2024). "Let's Say Someone Did Drop the Bomb. Then What?". The New York Times.
  8. COUNTDOWN | Kirkus Reviews.
  9. "Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons by Sarah Scoles". www.publishersweekly.com. December 5, 2023. Retrieved 2024-04-16.