Stories by Holly Else

Holly Else is a reporter for Nature in London. She writes about the ways that scientists conduct research and communicate their findings. Before joining Nature in 2018, she wrote about research policy and universities for Times Higher Education, and she has experience reporting on engineering, infectious diseases and public health. She studied biomedical science at the University of Sheffield and has a master’s degree in science communication from Imperial College London.

Politics

Global Science Community Condemns Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Rebuke against Russian science grows as the deadly conflict continues

March 3, 2022 — Nisha Gaind, Holly Else and Nature magazine

Politics

Ukrainian Scientists Fear for their Lives and Future amid Russian Threat

Researchers say that conflict will hinder progress made since Ukraine’s revolution in 2014

February 22, 2022 — Holly Else, Nisha Gaind and Nature magazine

Biology

Geneticist Sydney Brenner, Who Made a Tiny Worm a Scientific Legend, Has Died

The Nobel Prize–winning biologist pioneered the use of C. elegans as an animal model

April 8, 2019 — Holly Else and Nature magazine

Policy

The March for Science is Back--Here's What to Expect

Researchers in the U.S., India and Mexico are protesting in advance of major elections

April 13, 2018 — Giorgia Guglielmi, Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, T. V. Padma, Holly Else, Quirin Schiermeier, Barbara Casassus and Nature magazine