Matthew Francis

Science journalist, Cleveland, Ohio

Matthew R. Francis is a science writer and speaker specialising in physics, astronomy, and the culture of science. His writing has appeared in a wide variety of publications. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Written by Matthew Francis

An Asian scientist in a lab using a pipette under a hood with a label “RNA/DNA WORK ONLY”, wearing a blue lab coat and gloves.

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Education

Science needs more average, non-white, non-male scientists

Matthew Francis

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Cognition and intelligence

Cognitive celebrity

Albert Einstein was a genius, but he wasn’t the only one – why has his name come to mean something superhuman?

Matthew Francis

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Computing and artificial intelligence

Is this life real?

Philosophers and physicists say we might be living in a computer simulation, but how can we tell? And does it matter?

Matthew Francis