The people behind
the byline.
The people listed here set Science Blog’s editorial direction or contribute to its publishing and review process. When an article carries a named “Edited by” credit, that credit identifies the person who approved it for publication. House columns and the Science Blog Editorial Team are the publication’s desks.
Publishers
Justin, Lachlan, and Brendan Brown are Co-Publishers of Science Blog and co-founders of Brown Brothers Media.
Justin Brown
Co-Publisher
Justin Brown is co-founder of Brown Brothers Media, the publisher of Science Blog. He writes about how scientific ideas move through institutions, media, and power, drawing on a background in economic history and political economy (LSE). On Science Blog his persistent focuses are science and institutions, how discoveries become public stories, technology that rearranges society, and the human consequences of scientific systems.
Lachlan Brown
Co-Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
Lachlan Brown is Editor-in-Chief of Science Blog and co-founder of Brown Brothers Media. He writes about psychology, human behavior, and the unexpected ways scientific findings reshape how we understand everyday life.
Editorial
Columns
Our columns are the desks of Science Blog. Each covers a defined beat, and Science Blog takes editorial responsibility for what appears under them.
Lab Report
News desk
Lab Report covers new research as it publishes. Fresh studies, first findings, and the occasional retraction, drawn from the journals and the institutions doing the work.
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The Long View
Explainers
The Long View steps back. A single finding rarely means much on its own, so this desk connects new research to what came before it, across physics, biology, medicine, and everything in between.
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Mind & Matter
Psychology and neuroscience
Mind & Matter covers psychology and neuroscience: what the evidence says about how brains work and why people do what they do, with limited patience for overclaimed studies.
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Natural History
Nature and ecology
Natural History is Science Blog's desk for the living world. Animals, evolution, and ecology, reported from the field science and the papers rather than the press releases.
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Articles under the “Editorial Team” byline go through source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing at the desk. We take editorial responsibility for that work. Articles attributed to a named writer are published with that writer’s approval, and any personal experiences or credentials attributed to them are their own. Column pieces carry the column byline; where an editor is named on the article, that editor handled the review.
For details on our standards, see Editorial Policy. For our corrections process, see Corrections.
Ownership
Science Blog is published by Brown Brothers Media Pte. Ltd. and funded primarily by display advertising. Company leadership and co-founders are listed on the BBM team page. Its editorial decisions are independent of advertisers, sponsors and commercial partners.