Science Communication
My professional science communication work has primarly been as a credited script writer for various high profile YouTube channels such as SciShow, Crash Course and
Veritasium which have cumulatively attracted over 60 million views. I've written on a broad field of topics from the history of technology to nanophysics, infectious disease epidemiology, archaeology and AI safety. I've also worked extensively with Arizona State University creating freely available university undergraduate study materials on Math, Coding and Statistics as part of Study Hall, through which viewers can earn real US college credit.
As part of my broader non-fiction portfolio, I am currently working on a book proposal, supported by my 2025 Wellcome Collection Non Fiction Award. My book is represented by Sally Holloway at Felicity Bryan Associates. I have also given talks at schools, museums (including the Science Museum) and science fairs.
I also dabble in fiction writing.
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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
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Why Do We Keep Needing New "G""s?"
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Changing the Blueprints of Life - Genetic Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #38
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What is computer programming? | Code and Programming for Beginners 1 of 28 | Study Hall
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We’ve Lost Control of AI
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What is the Strongest Magnet We Possibly Could Make?
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We Finally Made Synthetic Spider Silk
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How Machines the Size of Molecules Could Change the World
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What is a Chi-Square test? | Statistics Ep. 23
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One and Two Tailed Tests Explained | Statistics Ep. 20
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What Is Hypothesis Testing? | Statistics Ep. 18
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What is Conditional Probability? | Statistics Ep. 16
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We’ve Lost Control of AI
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What is the Empirical Rule? | Statistics Ep. 12
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Why Normal Distributions Are So Common | Statistics Ep. 11
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What is a Central Tendency? | Statistics Ep. 9
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How to Organize Data in a Table | Statistics Ep. 6
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How to Identify Dependent & Independent Variables | Statistics Ep 4
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Introduction to Statistics | Statistics Ep. 2
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The Last Person Standing In Nuclear War
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AI Doesn't Need To Be Self-Aware To Be Dangerous
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Why We Need Camels To Treat Cancer
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Can You Make A Computer Out Of Food?
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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
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We Finally Made Synthetic Spider Silk
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Modeling Mice With For Loops in Java | Code and Programming for Beginners 16 of 28 | Study Hall
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For Loops vs. While Loops | Code and Programming for Beginners 15 of 28 | Study Hall
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The Electric Light Bulb Was Invented Centuries Before Edison
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What is Recursion? | Code and Programming for Beginners 12 of 28 | Study Hall
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Using Java to Create a Simple Program | Code and Programming for Beginners 6 of 28 | Study Hall
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Manipulating Data with Expressions | Code and Programming for Beginners 3 of 28 | Study Hall
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Computer Memory & Variables | Code and Programming for Beginners 2 of 28 | Study Hall
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What is computer programming? | Code and Programming for Beginners 1 of 28 | Study Hall
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Why Study Information Technology? | College Majors | College Degrees | Study Hall
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Why Is ChatGPT Bad At Math?
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Why Study Mathematics? | College Majors | College Degrees | Study Hall
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Trigonometry | Real World College Math | Study Hall
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Right Angled Triangles and Pythagoras | Real World College Math | Study Hall
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You Can Buy Fossils At The Hardware Store?
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Cutting the Carbon From Building Blocks - Volumes | Real World College Math | Study Hall
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From Soda Cans to Spheres - Surface Areas | Real World College Math | Study Hall
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The Sharpest Object In The World Can't Cut Anything
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Changing Units with Dimensional Analysis | Real World College Math | Study Hall
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Compound Interest on Different Timescales | Real World College Math | Study Hall
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How Money Reproduces: Compound Interest | Real World College Math | Study Hall
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What do I Owe? - Calculating Interest in Finance | Real World College Math | Study Hall
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Not-so Normal: Non-Standard Normal Distributions | Real World College Math | Study Hall
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Measures of Dispersion | Real World College Math | Study Hall
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Data Visualization | Real World College Math | Study Hall
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A Molecule-Thick Coating Changes What a Surface Does, Thanks to Nanoscience
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Dependent and Independent Probabilities | Real World College Math | Study Hall
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Basic Probability | Real World College Math | Study Hall
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Combinations: The Math of Picking and Choosing | Real World College Math | Study Hall
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Permutations and Factorials! | Real World College | Math Study Hall
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Visualizing Sets with Venn Diagrams | Real World College Math | Study Hall
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The Building Blocks of Math: Sets | Set Theory | Study Hall
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Preview: Real World College Math | Study Hall
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Uncovering the Secrets of the Past with AI
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5 Ways to Use Your Body as a Charger
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How Are We All Part of Ending Outbreaks? Crash Course Outbreak Science #15
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How do Outbreaks End? Vaccines and Recovery: Crash Course Outbreak Science #14
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What Is Outbreak Culture? Crash Course Outbreak Science #13
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How Can Infrastructure Help Us Stop Outbreaks? Crash Course Outbreak Science #12
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How Can Cooperation End an Outbreak? Crash Course Outbreak Science #11
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5 Weird Things That Can Catch Fire
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How Does Public Health Tackle Outbreaks? Crash Course Outbreak Science #10
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Can We Predict An Outbreak's Future? - Modeling: Crash Course Outbreak Science #9
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How Do We Investigate Outbreaks? Epidemiology: Crash Course Outbreak Science #8
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How Does the Healthcare System Work During Outbreaks? Crash Course Outbreak Science #7
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How Do We Know We're Sick? Crash Course Outbreak Science #6
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The Weaponization of Outbreaks: Crash Course Outbreak Science #5
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Why Do Outbreaks Affect People Unequally? Crash Course Outbreak Science #4
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Why Do We Have Fewer Outbreaks? Epidemiological Transition: Crash Course Outbreak Science #3
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How Do Outbreaks Start? Pathogens and Immunology: Crash Course Outbreak Science #2
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What Is Outbreak Science? Crash Course Outbreak Science #1
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Crash Course Outbreak Science Preview
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Radiation Is a Green Diamond’s Best Friend
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What Glowing Fish and Your Dress Shirt Have in Common
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The Secret to Unbelievably Fast Internet: Twisting Light
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How Quantum Mechanics Affects Your Life
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The Two-Faced Role of Planetary Magnetic Fields
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5 Ancient Places with Unbelievable Acoustics
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The Simple Molecule Behind Our Complex Universe
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The Ghostly Particles That May Have Unbalanced the Universe
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How to Write Directly on the Brain
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Why It's Good for COVID-19 Models to Be Wrong
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The Biggest Problems We're Facing Today & The Future of Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #46
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How To Become An Engineer: Crash Course Engineering #45
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Building a Desalination Plant from Scratch: Crash Course Engineering #44
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How Seawater Sabotages Ships: Crash Course Engineering #43
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YouTube Couldn't Exist Without Communications & Signal Processing: Crash Course Engineering #42
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Why Moving People is Complicated: Crash Course Engineering #41
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How the Leaning Tower of Pisa Was Saved: Crash Course Engineering #40
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Mass-Producing Ice Cream with Food Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #39
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Changing the Blueprints of Life - Genetic Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #38
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Computer Engineering & the End of Moore's Law: Crash Course Engineering #35
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Why Don't We Have Nuclear Fusion Power Yet?
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How Engineering Robots Works: Crash Course Engineering #33
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Why It's So Hard To Make Better Batteries: Crash Course Engineering #32
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The Future of Clean Energy: Crash Course Engineering #31
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The Engineering Challenges of Renewable Energy: Crash Course Engineering #30
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Skyscrapers, Statics, & Dynamics: Crash Course Engineering #26
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Cheese, Catastrophes, & Process Control: Crash Course Engineering #25
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Silicon, Semiconductors, & Solar Cells: Crash Course Engineering #22
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Electrical Power, Conductors, & Your Dream Home: Crash Course Engineering #21
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Reaching Breaking Point: Materials, Stresses, & Toughness: Crash Course Engineering #18
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Mass Separation: Crash Course Engineering #17
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How Machines the Size of Molecules Could Change the World
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3 of the Biggest Experiments Ever
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Optogenetics: Using Light to Control Your Brain
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Where Should I Put My Wi-Fi Router?
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