This article was originally published October 1, 2020 at https://gritdaily.com/ascent-conference-2020-day-1-highlights/ Ascent Conference 2020 is underway and let’s begin by highlighting what many of us have already begun to take for granted: they pulled off a flawless virtual event! Yes, it was scheduled for earlier this year but the event’s future was touch-and-go for a bit when COVID commenced its onslaught. Props to Troy Runsten and his team for rising to the challenge –

Author Jordan French This article was originally published on May 8, 2020 at https://gritdaily.com/loralyn-mears-dishes-on-latest-book-the-battle-for-humanity/ Loralyn Mears, PhD has spent her life merging the worlds of science and marketing to establish more trust among the scientific community. Her latest book “The Battle for Humanity” reflects that work in a gripping novel that blurs the lines between sci-fi and hard science, but does so without boring the reader. We took