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Eva Amsen

Science Writer

Eva Amsen is a freelance science writer whose work has been published in The Scientist, Nautilus, Popular Science, and other places. She has a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Toronto, and a decade of experience working in science communication roles for academic publishers and research groups.

A blog about science in culture, art, music, and daily life

@easternblot

Contributions by Eva

Eva Amsen / 16 June 2026

Articles Learning & Education Development Teaching methods Individual differences

A girl plays hopscotch drawn on the ground with colorful chalk.

Eva Amsen / 9 April 2026

Articles Learning & Education Development Equity Education systems

A mentor helps a child at the climbing wall.

Eva Amsen / 8 September 2025

Articles Learning & Education Development 21st century skills

A teacher is sitting with two children doing a creative project.

Eva Amsen / 25 July 2024

Interviews Learning & Education Development STEM Psychology

A child learning math uses her fingers to count.

Eva Amsen / 28 May 2024

Articles Learning & Education Development Learning environments 21st century skills

A child sits next to a tree drawing.

Eva Amsen / 4 April 2023

Articles Learning & Education 21st century skills

A child holds a small globe in their hands.

Eva Amsen / 2 May 2022

Articles Learning & Education Learning environments

Photo by Sergey Hramov from shutterstock.com

Eva Amsen / 19 April 2022

Articles Development Neuroscience

Photo by yamasan0708 from shutterstock.com

Eva Amsen / 18 January 2019

Articles Development Learning environments

San Francisco Foghorn, flickr.com, CC BY-SA 2.0

Eva Amsen / 16 September 2016

Articles Learning & Education Education technology

Samuel Mann, flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

Lecturer, University of Cape Coast, Ghana, West Africa

Senior Researcher, foundry10

Predoctoral Candidate at the Emmy Noether Research Group RAVEN, Max Planck Institute for Human Development

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