Kate

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Kate is a journalist, digital content editor, and SEO specialist, with 20+ years of experience in print and digital communications. In leading the online publishing and marketing efforts of Science Connected, Kate is spreading science literacy, social good, and environmental sustainability while debunking pseudoscience through science journalism.

Harlequin filefish can disguise their smell to confuse predators (Tane Sinclair-Taylor)

Harlequin Filefish Uses Smell to Fool Predators

Harlequin filefish can disguise their smell to hide from predators. In fact, they can make themselves smell like coral instead of fish. By Kate Stone Researchers have found an ingenious coral-eating fish that can change its smell to hide from predators. It’s the harlequin filefish, and it camouflages its scent to smell like the coral ...
Citizen science creates conservationists

Citizen Science Inspires Conservation Efforts

By Kate Stone Citizens who get involved in science become more environmentally aware and willing to participate in advocacy than previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment have reported that citizen science projects can lead to broader public support for conservation efforts. The study included a ...
Honey bee gathering pollen (EH Science)

Honey Bees Need Less Environmental Stress

Honey bees are threatened by the parasitic Varroa mite, insecticides, and a host of other factors. Scientists have a possible solution. By Kate Stone Honey bee populations are currently threatened by the parasitic Varroa mite, insecticides, and a host of other factors. But how did the bees get into such a weakened state in the ...
Solar material is sprayed on (David Baillot, UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering)

Solar Power Material 90 Percent Efficient

Solar power may be on the verge of becoming a great deal cheaper, more efficient, and longer lasting with a spray-on solar power material. By Kate Stone A team of scientists at the University of California, San Diego has developed a new solar power material for concentrating solar power (CSP). The new material is sprayed ...