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Aha! celebrates science by revealing amazing discoveries and images from our world and beyond and exploring life’s most intriguing, strange and unexpected questions.

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Aha! is a general-interest science publication newsletter that just got off the ground (May 24, 2024). This newsletter aims to be informative and entertaining on it’s own—I promise you great toilet reading every week—and it serves also as a gateway to stories in the companion Aha! publication on Medium. All the newsletter links are “friend links,” so even if you’re not a Medium member, you’ll have access to all the Aha! stories there.

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While I’ve been on this planet for only six decades, three of them have been spent researching and reporting on science and health. I’m the former editor-in-chief of Live Science and Space.com and author of the book Make Sleep Your Superpower. I also edit the health and wellness publication/newsletter Wise & Well. Also, my weekly Writer’s Guide newsletter on Substack helps nonfiction writers grow and improve their craft. (full bio)


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Founder and Editor of Wise & Well + Aha! Science + The Writer's Guide. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower. Former EIC of Live Science and Space.com. Recovering media company executive.