KNR Writer Since: June 6th, 2003
Featured Column: Science and Technology
My name is Nia Williams. I'm a writer. I love to read and write about science and technology, and about people doing good things in their neighborhoods. I'm from Boston, but I have lived in New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and London, England. I mostly studied people and cultures in college, but my favorite classes were in primatology (monkeys and apes) herpetology (reptiles and amphibians) and entomology (bugs!). I'm the oldest of six children, and my youngest brother, Josh, is in the fourth grade. He knows almost as much as I do about reptiles, and way more than me about fish (but I'm still taller!). I hope that someday soon I'll get the chance to write and travel all the time.
[082704] - Soft Drinks Linked to Obesity and Diabetes
[082004] - Herbal Remedy Helps Fight Malaria
[082004] - Healthier Soda
[081304] - Potato Chip Fun
[080604] - New Sea Creatures Discovered
[073004] - Secrets of Civet Coffee Revealed
[072304] - Monkey Walks Upright
[072304] - New Drugs Too Costly
[071604] - NASA Launches Aura Mission
[070904] - Desert Locusts Swarm West Africa
[070904] - Mind-Reading Implants Tested on Monkeys
[070204] - Leeches are Little Healers
[070204] - Foreign Fish Invading U.S. Waters
[062504] - Key to Superman Size Found
[062504] - SpaceShipOne a Qualified Success
[061104] - Baby Dino Egg Fossil
[061104] - Kids Need Vitamin D
[060404] - Chocolate Good For Heart
[060404] - MicroscoPicofweek Fossils
[052804] - Hippo Sweat Secrets
[052104] - Dog Breed DNA Decoded
[052104] - Global Dimming
[051404] - The Bugs of Summer
[050704] - NASA's New Astronaut Class
[050704] - The Cicadas Are Coming
[043004] - New Information on Neanderthals
[043004] - Whale Watching Loud for Whales
[042304] - Meteors and Dinosaurs
[041604] - Girl Chimps Learn Faster
[041604] - Love Heals Broken Hearts
[040904] - Warming Threatens Greenland
[040904] - Snake Venom Helps Clean Laundry
[040204] - Tetrapod Humerus Discovery
[040204] - File Sharing Legal in Canada
[032604] - Poor Nutrition Affects IQ
[031904] - Britain Examines Extinctions
[031904] - Closest Asteroid Fly-By
[031904] - Space Object Sedna Sparks Debate
[031204] - 'Trumpeting Toyotas, Singing Sonys'
[031204] - Carbon Dioxide Hurting Rainforest?
[030504] - Koala Quandary on Kangaroo Island
[030504] - Opportunity Finds Water on Mars
[022704] - 'New Gas Diamonds Harder, Stronger'
[022704] - Weather Slows Race to Catch Comet
[022004] - It's A Germ's World
[022004] - A Diamond In The Sky
[021304] - India Uses Tech to Reach Patients
[021304] - Bird Flu in USA
[020604] - Planet Osiris Has Oxygen
[020604] - Baby With Extra Head Has Surgery
[013004] - Whale Explodes on Busy Street
[013004] - Bird Flu Sweeps Asia
[012304] - Mars Rover Gets Lost
[012304] - The Cost of American Obesity
[011604] - Weaker Virus Emerged Before SARS
[010904] - Second SARS Case Suspected
[010904] - Global Warming & Mass Extinction?
[010204] - Giant Snake Found in Indonesia
[010204] - 'Terrorists Are at Home, Too'
[121903] - AIDS Shrinking Lifespan in Africa
[121903] - Future of Space Flight?
[121903] - Reindeer Population Shrinking
[121203] - Chimp Genetic Sequence Drafted
[121203] - Fossil Record Gaps Filling
[120503] - Human Joint Grown from Rat Cells
[120503] - Glo Fish!
[112803] - Money in Your Hand
[112803] - 'New Flu, Early Season'
[112103] - New Whale Species Discovered
[112103] - 'Ebola, Anyone? Vaccine Trial Begins'
[111403] - Virus Sickens Many Customers
[111403] - A Degree in Video Games
[110703] - Ancient Dental Hygiene Discovered
[110703] - Video Games Not Actually Addictive
[103103] - The Sky Is Falling! (Sort Of.)
[103103] - Pets May Pass SARS
[102403] - Texas Fish On Drugs
[102403] - Fish Census Reveals New Species
[101703] - Purple Frog Found in India
[101703] - Dangerous Infection on the Rise
[101003] - 'Names, Rejection Actually Can Hurt'
[101003] - Student Sued for CD Research
[100303] - Interferometry and Perfect Cookies?
[100303] - The Ig Nobel Prize Goes To....
[092603] - 'Man's Best Friend: Really, Family?'
[092603] - Choose Steak over Sushi? Okay.
[091903] - The Mighty Swell of Isabel?
[091903] - Biggest Rodent in History Found
[091203] - 'Spooks, Kooks, or Just Sounds?'
[091203] - RIAA Reacts by Suing Swappers
[090503] - A Whale of a Week
[090503] - Go for a Drive or a Dip
[082903] - Open Up and Say...Eeeeeeeew!
[082903] - So Big It's Scary
[082203] - Special Sponge Surprizes Scientists
[082203] - The Right Night Light?
[082203] - My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas... Hot?
[081503] - A Different Kind of Bug
[080803] - Life-Giving Doctor Dies at 79
[080803] - Oldest Web Found in Amber
[080103] - Sea Turtles in Australia
[072503] - Big Stink in DC
[071803] - Ahoy! Mystery Monster Updates!
[071803] - Mysteries of the Deep
[071103] - Weird Weather & Global Warming
[070403] - Man Swims Columbia River
[070403] - Mystery Monster Washes Ashore
[070403] - British Scientists Discover New Solar System
[062703] - It's All Just Protein...
[062703] - The Latest Buzz on a Common Pest
[062003] - Low-Caffeine Coffee Plants
[062003] - New Jellyfish Species Discovered
[062003] - Sneeze-Proof Grass Developed in Australia
[061303] - Oldest Human Remains Discovered
[061303] - Monkeypox Strikes the US
[060603] - Gecko Tape