Clare Watson

ScienceAlert

Clare is a science journalist based in Wollongong, Australia. She has a background in biomedical research and writes about covers everything from energy deficiencies in elite athletes to the hype about hydrogen. She has written for Undark, The Guardian, Nature News, Nature Index, Australian Geographic, Hakai Magazine, ScienceAlert, Cosmos and The Medical Republic.

Latest articles by Clare Watson

This map shows the likelihood of a person with COVID-19 attending an event with about 50 people on Aug. 1, 2020.

This interactive tool figures out your COVID-19 risk of attending an event

By Clare Watson published

Planning to attend an event but unsure of the COVID-19 risk, and if you should go at all? There's an evidence-based interactive webtool that can help.

Coronavirus
Manam Volcano in Papua New Guinea, as seen from space on June 16, 2010.

Drones are flying straight into volcanoes, for life-saving science

By Clare Watson published

Researchers have designed specially-adapted drones to fly straight into volcanoes and help gather data from an active volcano in Papua New Guinea.

Volcanos