Connie Chang

Jersey City

Parent. Science Writer. Recovering Scientist & Knitwear Designer. Bylines at @NatGeo, @washingtonpost, @nytimes, @sciam. Find me at changcon_14850-at-yahoo

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Articles

Did a TV show hurt your feelings? Fanfic ‘fix-its’ offer justice

1 day ago | straitstimes.com | Connie Chang

NEW YORK – As a long-time player of The Last Of Us video game series (2013 to 2024), Ms Sam Gaitan knew the death was coming. Still, the brutal murder of protagonist Joel in the April 20 episode of the HBO adaptation of the same name hit her hard. It was already midnight when she went on social networking site Tumblr to read fan reactions. Then, in a fit of inspiration, she started writing.
Microreattori nucleari: l’energia del futuro entra in un camion

2 days ago | elledecor.com | Connie Chang

Quando la prima centrale nucleare entrò in funzione nel 1957, l'America sembrava pronta ad abbracciare l'energia nucleare. Ma negli anni Novanta, con gli incidenti di Chernobyl e Three Mile Island che hanno intaccato l'opinione pubblica, l'entusiasmo è crollato. Nei tre decenni successivi, la ricerca e la costruzione di nuovi reattori si sono arenate. Negli ultimi anni, tuttavia, l'interesse per l'energia nucleare è risorto a causa della continua crescita della domanda energetica americana.
Did a TV Show Hurt You? 'Fix-Its' Offer Justice

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Connie Chang

This article includes spoilers for "Daredevil: Born Again," "Severance," "The Last of Us" and "The White Lotus." As a longtime player of the Last of Us video game series, Sam Gaitan knew the death was coming. Still, the brutal murder of Joel in a recent episode of the HBO adaptation hit her hard. It was already midnight when she went on Tumblr to read fan reactions. Then, in a fit of inspiration, she started writing.
Pon a prueba tu conciencia corporal

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Connie Chang |Gritchelle Fallesgon

Para pegarle a una pelota de tenis o bailar merengue necesitas agudeza visual y un buen oído. Pero también precisas de otro sentido del que rara vez se habla: la propiocepción, o conciencia corporal. Aunque no es uno de los cinco sentidos clásicos, la conciencia corporal es crucial para moverse y envejecer con gracia. Y se puede entrenar.
Test Your Body Awareness

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Connie Chang |Gritchelle Fallesgon

To hit a tennis ball or dance the merengue you need sharp eyes and a good ear. But there's also another rarely discussed sense at work: proprioception, or body awareness. While it's not one of the classic five senses, body awareness is crucial to moving and aging with grace. And it can be trained. This sense is what tells you where your body is in space, and it's always on, said Katherine Wilkinson, a neurobiologist at San Jose State University, who studies the basic science behind it.
Magic Mushrooms Warp Our Sense of Space, Time, and Self By Disrupting Our Brain Connections, Scientists Say

2 months ago | popularmechanics.com | Connie Chang

Magic mushrooms, fungi with psilocybin, have long been prized across various cultures for their hallucinogenic properties. More recently, their potential to treat intractable conditions like depression, addiction, and anxiety has made them a hot—and controversial—area of research. The key to both uses, says researchers, lies in how the compound disrupts connections in the brain, some of which underpin our perception of self, time, and space.
Is 'People Pleasing' Giving You Money Problems? Here's How to Fix Things.

Dec 20, 2024 | nytimes.com | Connie Chang

For example, if you want to spend time with friends, you can dip into one of two categories: "high cost" and "low cost." After all, rocking out at a Taylor Swift concert might be a great hangout with your buddies, but streaming the Eras tour on TV and ordering takeout can be affordable fun. Ms. Magee used to shortchange herself. "I only had one fork, and my mattress hurt my back," she said. One night, she had a moment of clarity.
Scientists Are Building the World’s Most Accurate Clock. It Could Be a Turning Point for Humanity.

Nov 13, 2024 | popularmechanics.com | Connie Chang

From sundials that track the sun’s trek across the sky to hourglasses that mark the passage of sand between glass bulbs, humans have long wrestled with how best to measure time. This year, scientists made rapid strides toward constructing humanity’s most accurate timepiece yet: the nuclear clock. Nuclear clocks could upgrade our most advanced, state-of-the-art atomic clocks by a factor of ten, which means they would potentially drop one second every 300 billion years.
A Mysterious Network of Tunnels Were Once Dug Beneath Europe—And Scientists May Finally Know Why

Oct 3, 2024 | popularmechanics.com | Connie Chang

As a boy, Raimund Edlinger loved exploring caves. Lurking beneath the surface, dark and unknown, they sparked wonder and awe. Now a robotics expert at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Edlinger works on search-and-rescue robotics. So when his colleague, Kurt Niel, asked him to join a nearby erdstall tunnel mapping expedition last year, Edlinger readily agreed.
Why ovaries are so crucial to women’s health and longevity

May 1, 2024 | nationalgeographic.com | Connie Chang

When a woman goes through menopause—defined as not having a period for at least 12 months—the health impacts are immediate and dramatic. That's because ovaries (aside from their reproductive function) are endocrine organs. And when they stop pumping out the cocktail of chemicals that communicate with almost every tissue in the body, everything from the brain to the muscles to the skin is affected.