Haley S. Weiss

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    Writing 

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    a few of the highlights 

    CNET

    Dark Extinction Has Scientists Worried. Here's What They're Doing About It.

    The Atlantic

    Millipedes Have Been Living a Lie
     

    VICE

    How a Wellness MLM Brand Spawned a ‘Parasite’ Detox Trend

    The Lily

    Alexandra Hunt was a stripper during college. Now she’s running for Congress.

    Insider

    Nurse's Viral TikTok Persuades People to Get Vaccinated
     

    The Atlantic

    Unfortunately, Some Cicadas Taste Like Nature’s Gushers

    The Atlantic

    The Brain-Eating Amoeba Is a Nearly Perfect Killer

    The Atlantic

    Dogs’ Eyes Have Changed Since Humans Befriended Them

    Scientific American

    Ice Sheets Are Eroded by “Upside-down Rivers”

    The Atlantic

    This Is What Happens When You Drunkenly Swallow a Live Catfish

    The Atlantic

    The Disturbing Trend Behind America’s Soaring Gun Deaths

    The Atlantic

    How a Huge Blood Clot Took the Shape of a Lung Passage

    Editing​

    Lady Science

    Rosa Smith and the Gender Politics of 19th-Century Ichthyological Discovery

    Lady Science

    Decades After Forced Sterilization, Native American Women in the US Still Face Rejection and Retraumatization in Healthcare

    Lady Science

    How 19th Century "Harlot Wards" Scrutinized Women's Bodies in the Name of Public Health

    Other Stuff​

    Radio and TV

    I've appeared on programs including WOSU's All Sides with Ann Fisher and "Newsy Tonight" with Chance Seales to discuss stories I've reported.

    The Atlantic app

    For more than a year, I worked as a daily writer and curator for the Atlantic’s written-through iOS app, which won a 2021 Shorty Award in May.

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