Ashley Hamer

Asheville

Managing Editor at Descript

Managing editor @DescriptApp. Podcasts: @TabooScience, OG cohost of Curiosity Daily. Science communicator, saxophonist, runner, cat person, toddler mom

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An AI Video Editor Primer

3 weeks ago | descript.com | Ashley Hamer

What creative-workflow problems do you want to solve? Check all that apply.
The 15-Minute Video Preproduction Checklist that Saves Hours

1 month ago | descript.com | Ashley Hamer

When you want to make a video, there’s a lot to consider. What will it be about? Where will you film it? What should the script say? How are you going to edit this thing? Answering those questions is one part of what video pros call preproduction: the preparation you do before you produce a video. Preproduction might sound like overkill if all you’re making is a video where you talk into the camera for two minutes.
How Descript Support Uses AI Avatars to Create Better Training Videos

1 month ago | descript.com | Ashley Hamer

At Descript, we use Descript every day, for all sorts of video—sharing info, presentations, reporting on research, quick messages, and of course all of our marketing video. We kind of have to, but we also routinely find that video is just a superior way to communicate—and Descript makes it easy. Here's an example. Kayla Gervais is on Descript's technical support team—in essence, she's who you're escalated to when you've got a really sticky Descript problem.
Why do kangaroos have 3 vaginas?

2 months ago | livescience.com | Ashley Hamer

Kangaroos are pretty peculiar on the outside: They're the world's largest marsupials, they hop to get around, and they use their tails as a fifth limb. But they're also pretty unusual on the inside: Female kangaroos have two vaginas — or three, if they've given birth. Why could that be? The most likely explanation is that it's an adaptation to Australia's unforgiving environment.
Why do kangaroos have 3 vaginas?

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Ashley Hamer

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. When they're giving birth, kangaroos have a total of three vaginas. | Credit: Marc Anderson via AlamyKangaroos are pretty peculiar on the outside: They're the world's largest marsupials, they hop to get around, and they use their tails as a fifth limb. But they're also pretty unusual on the inside: Female kangaroos have two vaginas — or three, if they've given birth. Why could that be?
Do sperm really race to the egg?

Mar 16, 2025 | livescience.com | Ashley Hamer

Egg fertilization is often described as an epic swim meet: Millions of sperm swim as fast as they can toward the egg until one — the fastest, strongest, healthiest sperm of them all — wins the race and wriggles into the egg, with the prize of passing its genes to future offspring. But is this really how it happens? Do sperm really race to the egg? Yes and no, David J. Miller, a professor in the animal sciences department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, told Live Science.
Tweak #43: Make a podcast trailer

Nov 13, 2024 | weeklytweak.substack.com | Ashley Hamer

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Are there any planets in the universe that aren't round?

Sep 30, 2024 | livescience.com | Ashley Hamer

Every planet in our solar system is essentially round. But out in the universe, are there any planets that aren't spherical? Technically, planets are round, by definition; they need to have enough mass to produce the gravity required to pull themselves into a spherical shape. "Actually, one of the specifications for being a planet is, they have enough mass that makes them round," Susana Barros, a senior researcher at the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences in Portugal, told Live Science.
Why can't you suffocate by holding your breath?

Sep 23, 2024 | livescience.com | Ashley Hamer

It's basically impossible to hold your breath until you suffocate, or even until you pass out. But what's going on in your body to prevent that from happening? Why can't you suffocate by holding your breath? There are multiple systems keeping you from holding your breath too long, each of which would take over if another failed — and that's a very good thing. Several brain regions work to keep you breathing.
Why is everything in space always moving?

Aug 31, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Ashley Hamer

Nothing in our universe stands still: Earth orbits the sun, the sun circles the galaxy, and even galaxies are constantly on the move. So why is everything in space in motion? It all comes down to how the universe and the objects within it were made, Edward Gomez , an astrophysicist and the education director at Las Cumbres Observatory, told Live Science.

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7 Nov 24

i've gradually stopped posting here and I'm considering taking the plunge and leaving altogether. you can find me on 🧵and 🦋 under the same name!

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2 Nov 24

RT @ChrisAlvino: This confused me for a LONG time, and I always hated the explanation that "sound is just vibration". Like yes, I KNOW that…

Ashley Hamer Pritchard @smashleyhamer

28 Oct 24

ok, we're 2 weeks out and I am accepting noms for TV shows I missed that I can watch on mat leave. any genre, but preferably without parent/baby death (got burned by Downton Abbey last time). so far my possibilities include: X-Files Lost Six Feet Under