Alpaca French
Carved by a Light Too Fat to Carve It
A transistor is smaller than the wavelength of light used to print it. The physics says that should be impossible. Here is how chipmakers route around every clause of the law that forbids it.
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Popular Science
The science running underneath everyday things, explained
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Why the sky turns the colors it does at sunset. What is actually happening inside a battery, a cloud, a muscle. How a technology you use every day works once you look past the marketing. Take something ordinary, show the physics, chemistry, or biology running underneath it, and leave the reader seeing it differently.
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Science Writing
Essays, opinion pieces, interviews, research stories
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The story of how you almost gave up on your project and what made you keep going. An interview with the scientist who changed how you see the world. Your take on why everyone is wrong about a topic you care about. The moment everything clicked and you finally understood something beautiful.
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Science Fiction
Grounded sci-fi, speculative futures, creative writing
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Stories about worlds shaped by the science you are working on. Futures you hope for or fear. Characters wrestling with discoveries that change everything. Fiction that starts with "what if this thing I discovered is actually true?"
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What we publish
Popular science explainers, essays, opinion pieces, interviews, research stories, and science fiction. Work should be clear, engaging, and accessible to a scientifically literate audience. Formal academic tone is not required, but intellectual rigor and factual accuracy are. Science art, music, and comedy have their own contests at our annual conference.
Who can submit
The magazine publishes work by SoTS members. Membership is earned through a fit evaluation, and once you have it, publishing here costs nothing.
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Before you submit a finished piece, email a short pitch to editor@teenscientists.org describing what you want to write and why it matters to teen scientists. Include an estimated length (typically 800-2000 words).
What happens next
Our editorial team reviews pitches within 5-7 business days. If approved, you will receive instructions to submit your full piece. Citations should follow APA format where applicable. There is no fee at any stage.
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Latest Articles
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Alpaca French
Does Harvard Actually Pay Off?
What economists found when they tested the Ivy League promise, and what it means for you
Science Fiction
Dancing Between Worlds
A tale of teen scientists, stolen schematics, and a moss-green planet called Vesper
Florence Cole·Jan 29, 2026·10 min
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From Group to Collective
Three agents align. Add one more. Does something fundamentally change?
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The Bubble Code: Can AI Learn Complex Physics?
Where messy reality meets machine learning
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Surfactant Symphony: Programming Physical Reality
Can we write instructions in chemistry that matter obeys?
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Decoding the Shimmer
What can a dancing laser spot reveal about invisible disturbances?