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Ariana Remmel

Ariana M. Remmel is a science journalist, audio producer, and essayist based in Little Rock, Arkansas. When Ari’s not writing, they’re birding.

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How I Tricked Myself Into Thinking I’d Be Better off as Dirt

Maybe at the end of my conscious existence, my body would be useful as nutrients.

Ariana Remmel

Sep 14, 2021

Columns | Better Living Through Chemistry

Cover Photo: a photograph of the Octobot soft robot, an octopus-shaped shaped robot made of flexible silicone

Soft Robots Taught Me How to Be Strong

After accepting that softness could be innovative, and that strength can be supple, I sought guidance from new developments in the world of soft robots.

Ariana Remmel

Jul 07, 2021

Columns | Better Living Through Chemistry

Cover Photo: five orange-brown pots with green leafy plants growing out of them, on the stems are multicolored pills instead of blooms

Me, My Father, and Our Pills

It no longer seemed as important to control the sequence of steps inside a round-bottomed flask as it was to look at my life and build a future worth living.

Ariana Remmel

May 04, 2021

Columns | Better Living Through Chemistry

Cover Photo: Detail of Jonathan Borofsky's 'Molecule Man' (1977–1978); photograph by Daniel Lonn/Unsplash

Organic Chemistry Taught Me to Fully Inhabit My Mixed Identities

I am not half of anything. I am only me, a single whole with multiple truths.

Ariana Remmel

Apr 23, 2021

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Ariana Remmel

Stories

How I Tricked Myself Into Thinking I’d Be Better off as Dirt

Soft Robots Taught Me How to Be Strong

Me, My Father, and Our Pills

Organic Chemistry Taught Me to Fully Inhabit My Mixed Identities