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44        <h1>Science Communication</h1>
45        <html><head></head><body><p>Rachel is a science writer and communicator who strives to spark interest in science. She has written video scripts for TED-Ed animation, SciShow, and a K-5 STEM education series. She has also written articles on STEM topics for the general public. Besides creating scicomm content, Rachel has presented on the craft of science communication at conferences and has run workshops on science communication. See below to learn more about Rachel's scicomm work.</p>
46<h2 id="ted-ed">TED-Ed</h2>
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49<p>Rachel is credited as an <strong>educator/script writer</strong> on the following videos (click to expand):</p>
50<details>
51<summary>Why magnets stumped scientists for so long (in partnership with the Nobel Foundation)</summary>
52<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jG7ULeWUfDw?si=33wwWQqeY0vtLiPJ" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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55<details>
56<summary>The fastest way to board a plane, according to mathematics</summary>
57<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-61qDRPG3to?si=IyEUiu_OTzGtJXRn" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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60<details>
61<summary>Should you rinse your dishes before placing them in the dishwasher?</summary>
62<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FBpBUwlDId0?si=wNm4QS90KaWBJdtx" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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65<details>
66<summary>Your phone’s camera isn’t as good as you think</summary>
67<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7dm2AsJ3-E8?si=tJ4Gey4BqDfECRff" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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70<details>
71<summary>How much does it cost to fly private?</summary>
72<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vOBjtotp-Gw?si=dL6JbARa02MTI-0n" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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75<details>
76<summary>The solution to our energy problems is … a toaster</summary>
77<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f-T0PEWRaVc?si=wvu4Qcy8saGNf8n5" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
78</details>
79
80<p>Rachel is credited as a <strong>script editor</strong> on the following videos (click to expand):</p>
81<details>
82<summary>Ever walk into a room and forget what you were doing?</summary>
83<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_gP3aXvNmv8?si=hvcwh3fq_PNptd1I" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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87<summary>How do Maglev trains work?</summary>
88<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2A1IEBFt6Xg?si=wZCY24oeV_d_Dij7" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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92<summary>How does the space station never run out of oxygen?</summary>
93<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5ljV0Vxu00M?si=FEmOZT4y5VXEzody" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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97<summary>Why Iceland's lava is so hard to control</summary>
98<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8H--GLt3h8I?si=-RuHxKEDgXUaLGgH" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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102<summary>Does hypnosis ever actually work?</summary>
103<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JJdoAMiaLZo?si=qOY2yAGIKAvUhPDO" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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107<summary>Will laser blasters ever be possible?</summary>
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112<summary>This is what happens in your brain when you can’t recall a word</summary>
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116<h2 id="scishow">SciShow</h2>
117<p>Rachel is credited as a <strong>writer</strong> on the following videos (click to expand):</p>
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119<summary>Why the Perfect Red Is Impossible to Make</summary>
120<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ixn3GSVnPcM?si=MWJvAQ9SBP1OvuUX" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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124<summary>Why It's So Hard to Make Artificial Cork</summary>
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129<summary>How Physicists Want to Create Better Surfing Waves</summary>
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134<summary>Trash Batteries &amp; 4 Other Weird Ways to Store Energy </summary>
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139<summary>Why Hold Music Still Sucks</summary>
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143<details>
144<summary>How to Make Fair DnD Dice from ANY Shape</summary>
145<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-gp7AbYD9NI?si=WT2gfHSzq9SbOZYU" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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149<summary>How Much Information Can A Human Head Hold?</summary>
150<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/860Qsb-MUx4?si=TWHYmJLPgJfbWzgY" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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153<h2 id="writing--essays">Writing – Essays</h2>
154<p>Science | <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/i-hated-writing-until-i-learned-there-s-science-it">I hated writing—until I learned there's a science to it</a> | 3 Oct 2024 (one of Science's <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/perfecting-academic-writing-facing-fraud-science-s-top-personal-essays-year">most read essays in 2024</a>)</p>
155<h2 id="writing--news-articles">Writing – News Articles</h2>
156<p>MIT News | <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2024/hackathon-unlocking-quantum-future-0318">Unlocking the quantum future</a> | 18 Mar 2024</p>
157<!-- MIT EECS News | [At the MIT Quantum Hackathon, a community tackles quantum computing challenges](https://www.eecs.mit.edu/at-the-mit-quantum-hackathon-a-community-tackles-quantum-computing-challenges/) | 28 Feb 2024 -->
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159<p>MIT EECS News | <a href="https://www.eecs.mit.edu/the-thriving-stars-of-data-driven-medical-diagnoses/">The Thriving Stars of data-driven medical diagnoses</a> | 7 June 2023</p>
160<p>MIT EECS News | <a href="https://www.eecs.mit.edu/thriving-stars-panel-women-leaders-share-career-wisdom/">Thriving Stars panel: women leaders share career wisdom</a> | 1 Mar 2023</p>
161<p>MIT News | <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2022/alex-greene-quantum-computers-1013">Making quantum computers more accurate</a> | 13 Oct 2022</p>
162<p>MIT News | <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2022/jamie-wong-anthropology-0919">A musician-turned-anthropologist studies venture capitalism in China</a> | 19 Sept 2022</p>
163<p>MIT News | <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2022/setayesh-radkani-social-brain-0909">Modeling the social mind</a> | 9 Sept 2022</p>
164<p>MIT News | <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2022/pablo-leon-battery-materials-0824">Building better batteries, faster</a> | 24 Aug 2022</p>
165<p>MIT News | <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2022/jana-saadi-product-design-0810">Leveraging computational tools to enhance product design</a> | 10 Aug 2022</p>
166<p>MIT News | <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2022/emma-gibson-health-care-logistics-africa-0728">Emma Gibson: Optimizing health care logistics in Africa</a> | 28 July 2022</p>
167<p>MIT News | <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2022/neighborhood-architect-justin-brazier-0713">Your friendly neighborhood architect</a> | 13 July 2022</p>
168<p>MIT EECS News | <a href="https://www.eecs.mit.edu/the-thriving-stars-of-ai/">Event: Thriving Stars of AI</a> | 11 July 2022</p>
169<p>MIT News | <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2022/chelsi-cocking-art-computation-0626">Making art through computation</a> | 26 June 2022</p>
170<p>MIT News | <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2022/jungwoo-chun-renewable-energy-0612">Helping renewable energy projects succeed in local communities</a> | 12 June 2022</p>
171<p>MIT News | <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2022/magdelena-allen-pet-scanner-0610">An astrophysicist in a biomedical universe</a> | 10 June 2022</p>
172<p>MIT EECS Thriving Stars | <a href="https://www.eecs.mit.edu/community-equity/thriving-stars/event-career-panel-oh-the-things-youll-do-with-a-phd/">Event: Career panel – “Oh, the things you’ll do! (with a PhD)”</a> | 8 Apr 2022</p>
173<p>MIT EECS News | <a href="https://www.eecs.mit.edu/mit-iquhack-2022-br
173inging-together-the-next-generation-of-quantum-coders/">MIT iQuHACK 2022: Bringing together the next generation of quantum coders</a> | 16 Mar 2022</p>
174<p>MIT News | <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2021/eecs-graduate-womens-research-summit-1208">EECS graduate women’s annual research summit increases research visibility and strengthens community</a> | 8 Dec 2021</p>
175<h2 id="science-club-for-girls-live-scfg-live">Science Club for Girls Live! (SCFG Live!)</h2>
176<p>Previously, Rachel was a <strong>script writer</strong> for <a href="https://www.scienceclubforgirls.org/scfglive"><em>SCFG Live!</em></a>, an online STEM education show for kids (K-5), hosted by <a href="https://www.scienceclubforgirls.org/about-scfg">Science Club for Girls</a>. Episodes are typically 20-30 minutes long. </p>
177<!-- _SCFG Live!_ broadcasts live on [Facebook Live](https://www.facebook.com/pg/SCFGFan) and [YouTube Live](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKMslSo-8aFq_N_NI7QIkv7Mpq_UwaXDF). The show is then rebroadcasted on local TV networks in Boston, Cambridge, Lowell, Lawrence, Somerville, and Brookline. Episodes are also available on-demand on Comcast Xfinity. -->
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181<p>Rachel was the primary writer on the following episodes (click to expand):</p>
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184<!-- S2E09 | Phase Changes! -->
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186<summary>S2E09 | Phase Changes!</summary>
187<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/33Llh2ksqSU" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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190<!-- S2E03 | Brrr! Staying Warm with Arctic Animals -->
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192<summary>S2E03 | Brrr! Staying Warm with Arctic Animals</summary>
193<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8N0V3Pih6as" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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196<!-- Sweet Sweet Science (S1E25) -->
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198<summary>S1E25 | Sweet Sweet Science! (Season 1 Finale)</summary>
199<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Juy8tZl_WQU" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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204<summary>S1E23 | It's Electric!</summary>
205<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_xJVE868jy4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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208<!-- Augmented Reality (S1E21) -->
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210<summary>S1E21 | Making the World Fun with Augmented Reality</summary>
211<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vVyB_UVo61Q" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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216<summary>S1E19 | It's Smelly!</summary>
217<iframe style="display: block; margin: auto;" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/99lZEh0tBtI" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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220<h2 id="conferences">Conferences</h2>
221<p>J. Goldstein and <strong>R. S. Yang</strong>, “Inclusive Science Communication Coaching Best Practices,” Inclusive SciComm Symposium, Kingston, RI, 20 Oct 2023. <strong>(workshop co-facilitator)</strong></p>
222<p><strong>R. S. Yang</strong>, “Getting scientists to open up in interviews,” Science Talk Annual Conference, The Association of Science Communicators, Portland, OR, 6 Apr 2023. <strong>(poster presenter)</strong></p>
223<h2 id="teaching">Teaching</h2>
224<p><strong>Co-Instructor</strong>, "Fundamentals of Communicating with the Public," 6-week workshop series on science communication for graduate students and postdocs, MIT, Summer 2022.</p>
225<p><strong>Co-Instructor</strong>
225, "Fundamentals of Communicating with the Public," 4-week workshop series on science communication for graduate students and postdocs, MIT, January 2021.</p>
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228_Synopsis:_ Freshman Daisy arrives at MIT eager for the college experience. With her new friends Charlotte and Steven, Daisy tries to survive her overwhelming class load, look cool in front of her crush, and make a few bucks putting together videos on alcohol and drug awareness. But as the pressure to do well in school and maintain a social life builds, one of them looks to substances for comfort, and the trio's friendship becomes strained. A **one-act play** about freshman friends navigating their first semester in college through laughter and tears, trying to handle relationship and friendship troubles amidst the complexities of alcohol and drug use.
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230**Commissioned** by MIT Alcohol & Other Drugs Services (AODS) for MIT's Freshman Orientation in 2019.
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232## Tactless
233
234_Synopsis:_ In a society where people use Tacts to communicate and interact with the world, Callie struggles to live without them. While everyone else discriminates against Callie for being Tactless, her best friend Quinn keeps life bearable. But when Callie is finally given the opportunity to get Tacts, tragedy befalls Quinn. Now, she must decide whether to put her own needs before her friend's. A **one-act play** about the give-and-take in relationships.
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236Developed through the MIT Theater Arts Playwrights' Lab.
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238**Awarded** the [Boit Manuscript Prize](https://cmsw.mit.edu/publications/ilona-karmel-writing-prizes/) in Drama in 2018. -->
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