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Betsy Mason

Senior Editor

Betsy Mason is a freelance science journalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area and co-founder of the Map Lab blog. She is the former science editor for WIRED.com.

Science Blogs

So Long, and Thanks for All the Maps

Nov 11, 2015 12:00 PM

Environmental science

New Map Plots North America's Bounty of Rivers

Aug 31, 2015 12:26 PM

Space

The 'Aurorasaurus' Maps This Year's Spectacular Auroras

Jul 2, 2015 12:51 PM

Code

Beautiful, Intriguing, and Illegal Ways to Map the Internet

Jun 10, 2015 7:00 AM

urbanization

Mapping the History of L.A.'s Notorious Sprawl

Jun 2, 2015 2:40 PM

Science

New Maps Reveal California's Sensational Seafloor Geography

May 22, 2015 7:00 AM

Science

Our Most Popular Science Image Galleries of 2014

Jan 1, 2015 6:45 AM

Science

WIRED's Top Science Stories of the Year

Dec 31, 2014 7:00 AM

Science

The Year's Most Awesome Photos of Space

Dec 30, 2014 6:50 AM

Science

NASA's Best Images of Earth From Space in 2014

Dec 25, 2014 7:00 AM

Science

You Can See Our Holiday Lights All the Way From Space

Dec 17, 2014 6:00 AM

Science

Life Under the Microscope: The Year's Best Biology Close-Ups

Dec 16, 2014 10:00 AM

Science

The Map Lab Holiday Gift Guide

Dec 12, 2014 7:30 AM

Science

25 of the Most Interesting Photos of Earth From Space This Year

Dec 10, 2014 6:00 AM

Science

20 Incredible Photos of a World Too Tiny to See

Oct 30, 2014 8:00 AM

Science

Hawaii's Explosive Past and Destructive Future Revealed in This Beautiful Comic

Oct 30, 2014 6:30 AM

Science

40 Years of the World's Best Microscope Photos

Oct 29, 2014 6:30 AM

Science

Map How People Around the World Answer Any Question You Can Think Of

Oct 28, 2014 11:40 AM

Science

The Best Biology Photos of the Year

Oct 21, 2014 6:30 AM

Science

Mini satellite flock photographs Earth every day

Oct 15, 2014 8:08 AM