Celia Spell
Celia Spell
Science Writer, Lead Editor

Cover stories in Progressnotes, MUSC Health’s medical magazine

Spring 2023

MOTION ANALYSIS

Using the states’s only publicly available DARI Motion markerless analysis

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Winter 2023

PATIENT COMMUNICATION

Physicians incorporate text-based communication platform to improve connection with patients

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Spring 2023

RURAL HEALTH ACCESS

MUSC delivers to those in need with programs, policy changes and research

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Easing Lung Gridlock

 
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M.S. in Science Journalism projects, Boston University

Want Some Peanut Butter with that Jam?

The latest controversial discovery in bat foraging.

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Do You Think He’s Cute Too? Jury’s Still Out

New study finds that twins don’t always agree on attractiveness.

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Getting under your skin without cutting it

Medical illustration with live human canvases.

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FOR WTBU, BOSTON PUBLIC RADIO 2016

FOR WTBU, BOSTON PUBLIC RADIO 2016

FOR WTBU, BOSTON PUBLIC RADIO 2016

FOR WTBU, BOSTON PUBLIC RADIO 2016

 
 

LISTEN: the hard knock life of caterpillars and bark beetles

Everyone recognizes the sound of cicadas on a warm summer night or the buzz of a bee flying around a flower. But what goes on the lives of tiny insects when we can’t hear them? Caterpillars duke it out for land and bark beetles sing for love. Celia Spell has the story.

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LISTEN: To Boy or not to boy, that is the question

Couples can now choose to have a baby boy or a baby girl — at least they can with loose enough purse strings. Science Journalist Celia Spell speaks with new mom Keesa McKoy and bioethicist Dr. Steven Ralston to get the story and discuss the ethics. Listen below.

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