Kate Becker

Science columnist

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Kate Becker assists with education and public outreach programs at the University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP).

She graduated from Cornell University in 2005 with an M.S. in astronomy and Oberlin College in 2001 with a B.A. in physics. While at Cornell, Kate was a science writer intern for the Cornell News Service and was active with outreach programs including the award winning Ask an Astronomer website. Kate currently lives just outside Boston, Massachusetts, where she is pursuing science writing opportunities and continuing her work with the University of Colorado.

Recent stories:

• Becker: Surviving winter is no easier on Mars than Boston
  November 20, 2008
• Becker: Keeping our germs, and earthly microbes, to ourselves
  October 23, 2008
• Becker: Voyagers say so long to our solar system
  October 9, 2008
• Becker: Proving the existence of a black hole
  September 11, 2008
• Becker: Solar system Olympics
  August 28, 2008
• Becker: On scientists and other gamblers
  August 14, 2008
• Becker: Doritos and an interplanetary cry for help
  July 31, 2008
• Becker: Shifting organic shapes
  July 18, 2008
• Becker: Many choices, many worlds
  July 4, 2008
• Becker: 'Plutoid' and the war of nomenclature
  June 20, 2008
• See full list of stories by Kate Becker...

• Election 2008
• JonBenet Ramsey
• SnowZone - winter sports
• Ongoing Coverage: Adverse Possession Case
• Ongoing Coverage: Midyette Baby Death
• Ongoing Coverage: Linda Damm Homicide
• Ongoing Coverage: Washington Village Project