Cori Vanchieri joined Science News in August 2014 as features editor. She has more than 25 years of experience as a writer, editor and project manager within the health and science field. She helped launch news sections at the Journal of the National Cancer Institute and Annals of Internal Medicine and was senior medical editor at Cleveland Clinic Magazine. Before joining Science News, Cori was the story editor at the Howard Hughes Medical Instituteâs magazine, the HHMI Bulletin. She earned degrees from Cornell University and Stanford University.
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All Stories by Cori Vanchieri
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Itâs time to manage elite expectations
Features Editor Cori Vanchieri provides insight into our coverage of mental health in elite athletes.
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Science & Society
An ecologistâs new book gets at the root of treesâ social lives
In âFinding the Mother Tree,â Suzanne Simard recounts how she discovered hidden networks in forests.
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Science & Society
The book âViral BSâ offers a cure for medical myths and fake health news
In âViral BS,â physician and author Seema Yasmin fights misinformation with a dose of storytelling.
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Health & Medicine
U.S. fentanyl deaths are rising fastest among African-Americans
New statistics on fentanyl-related overdoses show troubling increases in deaths among African-Americans, Hispanics and men.
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Health & Medicine
At-home telomere testing is not a reliable marker of aging, researcher says
Telomere testing for consumers offers a poor measure of âbiological age,â says Johns Hopkins oncologist Mary Armanios.
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Genetics
The history of heredity makes for a fascinating, and chilling, read
From eugenics to gene editing, Carl Zimmerâs She Has Her Motherâs Laugh recounts geneticsâ biggest discoveries.
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Agriculture
âBig Chickenâ chronicles the public health dangers of using antibiotics in farming
A new book takes a hard look at the chicken industry for its role in fostering antibiotic resistance.
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Health & Medicine
âCracking the Aging Codeâ tackles aging from evolutionary perspective
In 'Cracking the Aging Code', theoretical biologist Josh Mitteldorf and writer Dorion Sagan take a different approach to the science of growing old.