Jennifer Nalewicki

Jennifer Nalewicki

Live Science contributor

Jennifer Nalewicki is a Salt Lake City-based journalist whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Scientific American, Popular Mechanics and more. She covers several science topics from planet Earth to paleontology and archaeology to health and culture. Prior to freelancing, Jennifer was a reporter at Interior Design Magazine, and before that she held an Editor role at Time Inc. Jennifer has a bachelor's degree in Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin.

Articles by: Jennifer Nalewicki

A map showing the projected path of Tropical Storm Lee.

Tropical Storm Lee could become an 'extremely dangerous major hurricane' by this weekend

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

Forecasters are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Lee, which they predict could soon become a full-blown hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean.

A brown, rocky-looking arrowhead is seen.

Meteorite that crashed to Earth 3,500 years ago carved into arrowhead by Bronze Age hunters

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

A Bronze Age arrowhead found in Switzerland was made using meteoric iron.

A trio of Barbie dolls wearing makeshift spacesuits.

Scientists blasted Barbies with liquid nitrogen to test a new method of moon dust cleanup — and it worked extremely well

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

Researchers have developed a liquid-nitrogen spray that rids spacesuits of lunar dust.

An artist's illustration of a dimetrodon, which lived during the Permian Period.

UV radiation pulse played a role in a mass extinction event, fossilized pollen reveals

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

250 million-year-old pollen suggests radiation played a role in mass extinction event.

A close-up photo of Big Ben in London.

Pesky 'leap second' will be abolished by 2035

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

An international group of experts has voted to retire the leap second by 2035.

Iceberg A68a, one of the largest ever recorded icebergs, floating near South Georgia Island.

Massive Antarctic iceberg ripped in two by powerful ocean currents

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

Fractures in an Antarctic iceberg were likely caused by rapid changes in the currents that flow through the Southern Ocean.

An artist depiction close-up of the sun showing solar surface activity.

Surprise solar storm bashes Earth, with a second wave predicted for Monday

By Jennifer Nalewicki published

NOAA reported that a "moderate" solar storm struck Earth over the weekend, and another once could hit today.

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