Katie Feather is a former producer for Science Friday and the proud mother of two cats, Charleigh and Sadie.
Katie previously worked as a reporter and producer for KBIA, WHYY, WNYC and The New York Times and has a degree in science journalism from NYU. Her work reporting on events in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 won a National Murrow Award for small-market feature reporting.
A native of the New York metro area, Katie currently calls New Jersey home (and feels guilty about it). She hopes to one day live near the beach.
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8:20
Creating The Perfect Ice Cube
Researchers at Ohio State University have come the closest yet to mimicking a type of ice crystal found only in earth’s upper atmosphere.
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12:20
A Peek Into The Sex Lives Of Algae
A new study found that single-celled diatoms can have sex, and that ammonium makes them frisky.
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11:57
Curiosity Gets An AI Upgrade
A new autonomous system lets the Mars rover conduct research even while offline.
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17:11
The Dangerous Work Of Babysitting Bombs
How a photo of plutonium sparked an investigation into nuclear safety at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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12:12
Do We Need Pot To Fight The Opioid Epidemic?
Studies suggest cracking down on legalized marijuana will only make things worse.
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17:32
Getting To Know The Placenta
Researchers look to the mysterious organ for a new way of monitoring fetal health during pregnancy.
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8:12
Space Life Could Give You An Extra Head (If You’re A Flatworm)
Researchers look to a simple organism to study how living in space might affect humans on a cellular level.
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12:02
Why Theoretical Physics Says The US Is Ungovernable
No one, not even Donald Trump, could make such a complex system like the U.S. government work.
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9:18
Is Your Sunscreen Living Up To Its Promise?
A new report says only one quarter of SPF products on the market are up to snuff.
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7:50
The Sunscreen Of The Future
A customizable melanin-like material could offer better protection from the sun.