Stories by Khalil A. Cassimally

Mauritians Launch Rescue to Save Wildlife from Oil Spill

In addition to trapping oil with booms, residents of Mauritius have evacuated endangered plants and animals

Khalil’s Picks (22 November 2013)

Another week, more great stuff. We have a great selection today which will make your weekend really really good. Dig in! – A New Kind of Food Science: How IBM Is Using Big Data to Invent Creative Recipes by Aatish Bhatia Computers are constantly getting smarter...

Khalil’s Picks (15 November 2013)

Another really awesome week with everything from some some meta-science journalism stories to the wonders of rocks ants, crocodiles, dead satellites and Carl Sagan.

Khalil’s Picks (8 November 2013)

You’ve been waiting the entire week for this, haven’t you? The first piece is a highly-recommended analysis of freelance science journalism salaries.

Khalil’s Picks (1 November 2013)

Candy! Candy corn? What exactly is candy corn?! This week’s picks points you to the answer as well as to some super science writing filled with dolphins, octopuses, zombies, rhinos, corals and, umm, engineers!...

Khalil’s Picks (25 October 2013)

We’re back in business! This week was pretty phenomenal with Shutdown’s effects on science, evolution, history of sand, Google Flu, the chemist that is nature… Quick note before I leave you with this week’s great reads...

Khalil’s Picks (4 October 2013)

This week on Picks, we’ve got a great selection: the science (or pseudoscience?) of sleep apps, Nobel guinea pigs, “clean eating,” dinosaurs, the computer that smells and so much more… – Sleep Cycle App: Precise, or Placebo?...

Khalil’s Picks (20 September 2013)

This week on Picks: prosopagnosia (!!!!), violent video games, delusions, white whales, a frog that got fried by a NASA spaceship, and so much more.

Khalil’s Picks (6 September 2013)

This week on Picks: why do we sleep (an eternal question, isn’t it?), chaos theory got personal, you are what you eat, dinosaurs (of course!) and more.

Khalil’s Picks (23 August 2013)

This week on Picks: Bacteria that cause pain, slimy salamanders, balance of the sexes, and more! – Bacteria can cause pain on their own by Cristy Gelling Bacteria can directly trigger the nerves that sense pain, suggesting that the body’s own immune reaction is not always to blame for the extra tenderness of an infected [...]..

Should the Humanities Embrace Scientism? My Postmodern Response to Pinker’s Patronizing “Plea”

This week on Picks: mother’s experiences before birth affect offspring, psychology IS a science, near-death cognitive experiences, the weird case of antidepressants, inside the mind of a killer whale...

Khalil’s Picks (2 August 2013)

This week in awesome: – Viewpoint: Plug ‘leaky pipeline’ for women in science by Suzi Gage On Tuesday 16 July, about 100 people with an interest in science, technology, engineering and maths (also known as Stem) gathered in a boardroom in central London, armed with coffee and pastries...

Khalil s Picks (2 August 2013)

This week in awesome: -- Viewpoint: Plug 'leaky pipeline' for women in science by Suzi Gage On Tuesday 16 July, about 100 people with an interest in science, technology, engineering and maths (also known as Stem) gathered in a boardroom in central London, armed with coffee and pastries...

A Conversation With Adam Smith, Penny Sarchet and Douglas Heaven

Khalil s Picks (19 July 2013)

Khalil s Picks (5 July 2013)

There’s a huge debate/dispute bubbling about Japan hunting whales under the guise of scientific research. Australia rang the alarm bells and the international community is now pressuring Japan to owe up and give up...

Writing is a Powerful Drug: Interviews That Will Inspire Up-And-Coming Writers

Tips is a series that aims to provide up-and-coming science writers with, well, tips to aid them in their budding careers. The series will attempt to link out to existing resources available online...

Khalil s Picks (21 June 2013)

Introducing: Sedeer el-Showk

This is a series of Q&As with young and up-and-coming science, health and environmental writers and reporters. They have recently hatched in the Incubators (science writing programs at schools of journalism), have even more recently fledged (graduated), and are now making their mark as wonderful new voices explaining science to the public...

3 Essential Qualities Up-and-coming Science Writers Should Develop

Tips is a series that aims to provide early-career science writers with, well, tips to aid them in their budding careers. The series will attempt to link out to existing resources available online...