Stories by Jayde Lovell

Jayde Lovell is a STEM communicator for the New York Hall of Science, a resident science host for The Young Turks, and a STEM 'muse' for AOL's Cambio platform. Lovell holds a degree in neuroscience and is the host of her own YouTube channel, 'Did Someone Say Science'. She has produced videos for organizations such as the American Institute of Physics and Rolls Royce Engineering, and she has been featured in EducationWeek, Fortune, Men's Health and Mashable. Lovell is currently in development for her pilot TV script 'SEC's' (a teen drama centered around the lives of student engineers), for which she received funding from The MacGyver Foundation. Follow Jayde Lovell on Twitter JaydeLovell

Policy & Ethics

Yes, Female Inventors Actually Exist

They don’t fit the stereotype, but fortunately, that image is headed for extinction

September 18, 2018 — Jayde Lovell

Policy & Ethics

It's the End of the Year, Not the End of the World

2016 was not without its hopeful moments for science and the environment, and perhaps, even the seeds of optimism for the new year ahead

December 30, 2016 — Jayde Lovell

Arts & Culture

Science Fiction Movie Preview [Video]

Get your sci-fi fix with these upcoming films

September 27, 2016 — Bec Susan Gill and Jayde Lovell

Public Health

Q&A: What Really Happened to the Water in Flint, Michigan?

Flint Water Study investigator Marc Edwards tells Scientific American how the city's water got so toxic

March 2, 2016 — Jayde Lovell

The Sciences

Is 2016 The Year That Science Fights Back?

The war on science isn't over yet, but some very encouraging signs are in the air

February 10, 2016 — Jayde Lovell and Bec Susan Gill

Arts & Culture

Is Wool Really Warmest for Winter?

In an experiment pitting cotton against wool, two socks battle for the title of warmth heavyweight.

December 22, 2015 — Jayde Lovell and Bec Susan Gill

The Sciences

MacGyvering a Female Engineer onto Television

The complete absence of female engineers in popular culture has huge implications for public perceptions of the STEM fields

August 26, 2015 — Jayde Lovell

Arts & Culture

YouTube's Rock Stars of Science Make a Splash a VidCon

With hundreds of millions of video views, the new faces of science communication are lighting up the web and reaching more young people than Carl Sagan and Neil deGrasse Tyson combined

July 30, 2015 — Jayde Lovell