Damond Benningfield
Damond Benningfield is a freelance science writer and audio producer in Austin, Texas. Among other projects, he writes and produces StarDate, a daily radio program about astronomy and space exploration, and Science and the Sea, a weekly program about marine science. He has been involved with several other short-format radio programs. Benningfield, a native of Austin, also serves as executive editor of StarDate magazine. He has contributed to almost 50 magazines, newspapers, and websites, including Air & Space/Smithsonian, Smithsonian, and Astronomy. He has a bachelor of journalism degree from The University of Texas at Austin.
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The Buffalo massacre and the mainstreaming of the Great Replacement Theory
Like an untreated wound, the Great Replacement Theory is being allowed to fester and is poisoning minds.
Analysis: 26 US billionaires paid average tax rate of just 4.8% in recent years
"When you include their untaxed wealth growth in the calculation, many billionaires pay almost nothing," said Frank Clemente of Americans for Tax Fairness.
Movements are vying for political power — is ‘co-governance’ the answer?
As the left increasingly focuses on electoral politics, a new framework is emerging for how candidates who win should partner with social movements.
Exxon doubles down on ‘advanced recycling’ claims that yield few results
The petroleum company is under investigation for misleading the public while exacerbating the global plastic pollution crisis.
New research could lead to solar panels that work at night
“We do not yet have the miracle material that will make the thermoradiative diode an everyday reality, but we made a proof of principle and are eager to see how much we can improve on this result in the coming years.”