Jill Neimark

Science journalist, Freelance

Jill Neimark is an award-winning science journalist and author, and a contributing editor at Discover Magazine. Her most recent book is The Hugging Tree (2015). She lives in the US state of Georgia.

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The sprinter Usain Bolt in a yellow and green uniform making a victory pose on a track at the London 2012 Olympics.

ideaHuman evolution

Symmetry is crucial to biology: a Q & A with Robert Trivers

Jill Neimark

Painting of sliced watermelons and melon on a table with seeds scattered. Dark background highlighting the fruit’s vivid colours.

essayFood and drink

Canon of taste

Can we restore the world’s culinary masterpieces by rescuing the lost ingredients and flavours that inspired them?

Jill Neimark

A close-up of a woman wiping tears with a tissue while surrounded by microphones. Her eyes are closed and head bowed.

essayKnowledge

The retraction war

Scientists seek demigod status, journals want blockbuster results, and retractions are on the rise: is science broken?

Jill Neimark

A shirtless man with clothed others in a dimly lit, crowded environment with dramatic lighting highlighting muscles and portions of his face.

essayIllness and disease

HIV of the mind

HIV is preventable, yet it’s still with us. Is it time for all, gay and straight, to stop framing sex as a lethal weapon?

Jill Neimark

A lit tent beside a lake at dusk with snowcapped mountains in the background, under a darkening purple sky.

essayArchitecture

The camping cure

Living outside changes you. When environmental illness left me too sick to stay in my high-rise, I turned to nature to heal

Jill Neimark