Meghan Bartels

Meghan Bartels is a science journalist based in New York City. Email her at mbartels@mic.com

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What will happen to those Confederate statues they’re taking down? Here are some options.

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Beauty standards mean nonwhite women are exposed to more toxic compounds

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3 incredible eclipse expeditions throughout history that shaped modern science

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So you forgot to make eclipse plans. Here’s how to watch it without glasses or from your office.

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The solar eclipse glasses you bought might be fake — here’s how to tell

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Here’s why the solar eclipse doesn’t move in the direction you think it should

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The strange but true history of eclipse science — from 2137 BC into the future

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GoDaddy tells the ‘Daily Stormer’ it will no longer host the white supremacist site

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Goldfish brew booze to stay alive in freezing winter water

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The moon may have spent 2 billion years creating a giant magnetic field

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Scientists say there could be tens of millions of black holes in our own galaxy

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A computer may be able to determine if you’re depressed based on your Instagram use

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Next year, these cameras will hitch a ride to space to hunt thousands of distant planets

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Lunar Eclipse 2017: Here’s how you can watch the solar eclipse’s warm-up act

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Enough about the Great Red Spot, this giant storm on Neptune is almost as big as Earth

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Aziz Ansari hated what the internet was doing to his brain — so he quit it

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The 2017 solar eclipse could help scientists crack the biggest mysteries about Mercury

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There’s a mystery disease turning animals into zombies

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Apply to be NASA’s planetary protection officer and save us from an alien invasion

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Your cell service might cut out during the eclipse, but providers are working to give it a boost