Kate Ravilious

Freelance Science Writer

Telephone number: +44 (0)1904 670740
Email: kate-at-ravilious.net
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I am a freelance science writer and generally cover the physical and environmental sciences. By training I am a geologist but my science interests are diverse and I have written about topics ranging from beetles that collect raindrops to aggresive drivers that cause traffic jams. Past and present science writing clients have included New Scientist, The Economist, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent,Focus Magazine, EPSRC Publications such as 'Newsline' and 'Spotlight', National Geographic News, BBC Science News,Your Environment the magazine of the Environment Agency, NOISE, the EPSRC science website for teenagers, Cherrybyte, CCLRC publications.

Some recent articles include (click on article title to the left to read a preview)

New Scientist - Arctic Ocean may be polluted soup by 2070 read article

EPSRC Pioneer - Virtual Human read article

New Scientist - Salt solution: Cheap power from the river's mouth read article

Archaelogy Magazine - Witches of Cornwall read article

National Geographic - Humans can see with sound read article

WITHIN 60 years the Arctic Ocean could be a stagnant, polluted soup. Without drastic cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions, the Transpolar Drift, one of the Arctic's most powerful currents and a key disperser of pollutants...

An archive of all my articles is also available on this website.

I was winner of The Daily Telegraph/BASF Young Science Writer of the Year award in 2000. In addition I was a runner up in the New Scientist/Wellcome Trust Millennial Science Essay Competition 2000.

Other Interests

Much of my spare time is taken in entertaining my two year old daughter Beth, but when I do have a moment I enjoy mountaineering, particularly in Scotland. At home I like to grow my own fruit and vegetables and also help out at a local nature reserve, learning practical skills such as dry stone walling and hedge-laying. When indoors I relax by doing various craft activities, reading good books, and going to the theatre and cinema.

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