Clarissa Brincat

Clarissa Brincat

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Clarissa Brincat is a freelance science writer. Her work has appeared in Live Science, Popular Science, Scientific American, WebMD, and The New York Times, among other outlets. Follow her on LinkedIn.

Gloved hands arrange Scrabble tiles on a grid, forming the words "ABRACADABRA," "FART," "HEART," "SHIT," "BIRD," and "LAST.
From WEIRD psychology to SHIT telescopes, researchers keep turning complex ideas into catchy shorthand.