Steve Mirsky is a writer for Scientific American

Scientific American

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and the host of the magazine's weekly science podcast

Podcast

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, "Science Talk". Mirsky, with Scientific American since 1995, is the author of the monthly "Antigravity" column.

Mirsky is the author of Anti Gravity: Allegedly Humorous Writing from Scientific American (ISBN 978-1599211152). His freelance writing credits include work in Technology Review

Technology Review

Technology Review is a magazine published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was founded in 1899 as "The Technology Review", and was re-launched without the "The" in its name on April 23, 1998 under then publisher R. Bruce Journey...

, Astronomy magazine, Newsday

Newsday

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, and Audubon.

Mirsky was named a Science Writer in Residence for the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...

for the autumn of 2007.