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Tracy Staedter

Tracy Staedter is a science writer, editor, writing coach, and consultant. Over the 20-plus years of her career, she has covered a range of science and technology stories from astrophysics to zero waste. She worked on staff for such publications as Astronomy, Scientific American Explorations, MIT Technology Review, DNews, and Seeker. She also wrote the illustrated book, Rocks and Minerals (part of the Reader’s Digest Pathfinders series) and founded the Fresh Pond Writers workshop for fiction and creative nonfiction writers. In addition to contributing to IEEE Spectrum, she writes for Discover, Smithsonian Air & Space, Mercury Magazine, Inside Science, and more.

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Remote-controlled Salmon Farms to Operate Off Norway in 2020

Giant, instrumented pens will monitor the health of millions of fish and feed them automatically

3D-Printed Semiconductor Cube Could Convert Waste Heat to Electricity

Here's how these cubeoids could harness waste heat from steel plants

AI SpaceFactory Wins NASA's 3D-Printed Extraterrestrial Habitats Challenge

AI SpaceFactory bests Penn State in a one-of-a-kind competition to see whose innovative building techniques could someday allow humans to live on Mars or the moon

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Study: Recycled Lithium Batteries as Good as Newly Mined

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