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Deborah Blum

  • Journalist, Freelance
  • Director, Knight Science Journalism Program
Cambridge
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Book author, science journalist, publisher of Undark, and director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT.
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A Complicated Time To Be a Young Scientist

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By Deborah Blum
| Portside
A Complicated Time To Be a Young Scientist Published June 26, 2026 When Emma Scales decided she wanted to be a scientist, it seemed logical—simple, even. She’d grown up in coastal New Jersey, attended a high school that emphasized marine biology, and learned about the connections among sea creatures large and small. She felt a calling to better understand and protect a world she loved.
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Science is under pressure again. Here’s what that means for young researchers

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By Deborah Blum
| Yahoo Verified
When Emma Scales decided she wanted to be a scientist, it seemed logical—simple, even. She'd grown up in coastal New Jersey, attended a high school that emphasized marine biology, and learned about the connections among sea creatures large and small. She felt a calling to better understand and protect a world she loved. Now a Ph.D. candidate at Cornell University, Scales is studying symbiosis, specifically the way bacteria can grow inside fungi and create a mutual-use arrangement.
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A Warning to Climate Scientists: Don’t Miss the Forest for the Trees

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By Deborah Blum
| The New York Times Verified
A Warning to Climate Scientists: Don’t Miss the Forest for the Trees Suzanne Simard’s new book urges Western science to take a lesson from the more holistic Indigenous approach to forest preservation.
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