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Joss Fong

Joss Fong

Former Senior Editorial Producer

    Latest articles by Joss Fong

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    How Antoni van Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria in the 1670sHow Antoni van Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria in the 1670s
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    What it took for this Dutch tradesman to become the first human to lay eyes on microbial life.

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    The science behind the Magic Eye craze of the 1990sThe science behind the Magic Eye craze of the 1990s
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    How stereograms trick your brain into seeing depth.

    By Dion Lee and Joss Fong
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    The 1995 Hubble photo that changed astronomyThe 1995 Hubble photo that changed astronomy
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    The Hubble Deep Field, explained by the man who made it happen.

    By Joss Fong and Dion Lee
    What 20 years of drug commercials are doing to Americans’ health
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    And how the US got stuck with prescription drug ads in the first place.

    By Joss Fong
    Watch the climate debate devolve into nonsense in the 10 years since An Inconvenient Truth
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    How America let climate change fall into a partisan abyss.

    By Joss Fong and Joe Posner
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    How free mobile games are designed to make moneyHow free mobile games are designed to make money
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    “Freemium” games can end up gaming gamers.

    By Joss Fong and Dion Lee
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    Turkey’s failed coup, explained in 3 minutesTurkey’s failed coup, explained in 3 minutes
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    Turkey’s Erdogan may have survived the coup, but he still faces multiple challenges.

    By Joss Fong, Joe Posner and 2 more
    Snapchat filters: the engineering behind augmented-reality selfies
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    How Snapchat uses computer vision to give you dog ears and a flower crown.

    By Joss Fong and Dion Lee
    Airplane black boxes, explained
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    How black boxes help investigators solve fatal airplane crashes.

    By Joss Fong and Dion Lee
    The rise of American authoritarianism, explained in 6 minutes
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    The political science that explains Donald Trump.

    By Joss Fong and Amanda Taub

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