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I'm an award-winning health and science journalist. My articles and essays have been published in CBS News, Crain's Chicago Business, Everyday Health, Inspire The Mind, Psychology Today, Discover, New Scientist, The Week, and more. I also write science-themed books for Klutz, an imprint of Scholastic. Contact me for your writing project.
Crain's Chicago Business Amy Kraft journalist Black maternal health
Black maternal mortality has reached a crisis level. Here are the Chicagoans taking steps to stem it.

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Newsweek Amy Kraft journalist entomophagy
Can We Overcome Our Disgust Long Enough to Eat Bugs?

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Everyday Health Amy Kraft editor TBI sleep insomnia
Counting Sheep: One Woman's Story About TBI and Insomnia

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The Week Amy Kraft journalist orchids science
The quest to save Florida's orchids from extinction

One scientist aims to combat decades of over-harvesting and illegal poaching by hand-growing 1 million of the exquisite plants

Discover Amy Kraft journalist psychology addiction
How Movies Can Act as a Form of Therapy

Movies aren't just for entertaining. As one writer discovers, they can also be a therapeutic tool.

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The Perils of Plankton

An artist magnifies an overlooked environmental problem in sculptures that are larger than life.

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Even Blowjobs Have A Learning Curve

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Jiminy Cricket tattoo
The pain and regret of tattooing Jiminy Cricket on my breast

It seemed brilliant when I was 18. A decade later, not so much.

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Wild Flamingos Return to Florida

After a century-long absence, the elegant pink waders are back in the Everglades. But where did they come from?

New Scientist Amy Kraft journalist
Colon cleansing health benefits debunked

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scientific american amy kraft journalist
Why Manhattan's Green Roofs Don't Work--and How to Fix Them

City rooftops covered with vegetation are seen as a way to reduce the urban heat-island effect and cut energy usage--but so far, the results have been unimpressive

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How Einstein's struggles might help kids with science

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CBS News Amy Kraft journalist
Brain surgeon tells of triumphs, failures in bestselling memoir

It seemed brilliant when I was 18. A decade later, not so much.

Distillations teflon Amy Kraft journalist
Distillation Episode 160: Teflon

Teflon is never far from reach, whether you realize it or not. Beyond its best-known application—as a non-stick coating for pots and pans—Teflon is also found in everything from airplane parts to jacket fabrics.  First, producer Amy Kraft peruses CHF's oral history archives to learn about Teflon's origins—including its stint as a top military secret during WWII.

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Distillations Episode 171: Underground Worlds

Below our feet is a mysterious world that inspires frightening myths and legends. But as we learn in this episode of Distillations, what actually lives down there is a network of incredibly beautiful and essential spaces. Taking us on our first stop underground is producer Amy Kraft. She joins a team of amateur speleologists who meet every year to protect the crags and crevices inside Howe Caverns in Schoharie, New York. 

Scientific American AMy Kraft journalist
Generosity Can Breed Contempt

In a group experiment, members who donated the least and the most to the community were both ostracized. Amy Kraft reports

Crain's Chicago Business Amy Kraft journalist COVID-19 mental health employuers
The pandemic made employees care about mental health. Will it last?

Health care and restaurant employees, grocery store cashiers, teachers, truckers, delivery drivers—the economy's "essential workers"—experienced some of the toughest mental health pressures during the pandemic. Actually, workers in other job categories were affected, too, by the stress, burnout, out-of-whack work and personal routines, and career disruptions of the last two years.

Amy Kraft IMPROAmsterdam journalist
Your brain on improv.

The mental health benefits of making stuff up.

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