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Olivia Koski

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I’ve written about lasers, outer space, physics, gaming, virtual reality and more for several national publications.

VICE

Can You Put Out a Wildfire With a Laser?

Nieman

Virtual Reality Lets the Audience Step Into Story

How Participatory Journalism Turns News Consumers into Collaborators

Wired

Atheism’s Poster Boy Sam Harris on the Science of Morality

Storm Trooper: Q&A with Storm Chaser Reed Timmer

BioShock Infinite’s Vision of a Nazified America

Build Us a Better Ray Gun, Pentagon Pleads

Report Blasts Military for Not Being Nuke Proof

Full Size Robo Copter Flies with No Human Help

Run Wired, Run Deep: Subs May Finally Get Online

Navy’s New Solution to Bombs: Cook Them with Microwaves

You’ve Already Wasted Too Much Time Reading this Headline

Laser Plane Gets More Cash to Blow More Stuff Up

50 Years of Real-Life Ray Guns

Popular Mechanics

Goodbye Star Wars, Hello Laser Drone Wars

Our Galaxy Is Littered with Orphan Planets

Antihelium: the Heaviest Antimatter Particle Ever Detected

How to Make a Laser from a Gin and Tonic

The Truth Behind Japan’s Radiation Fears

Laserist: This is My Job

8 Laser Weapon Systems to Zap Planes, Boats—And People

Scientists Target Architect of the Potato Famine

Google Gambles on Offshore Wind

Scientific American

Vacation Guide to the Solar System

Interdisciplinary Research Partnerships Set Out to Uncover the Physics of Cancer