Kelly Young
frequencies editor

Kelly grew up on a 20-acre cattle ranch in central Nebraska, where she raised rabbits, pot-bellied pigs and a calf named Dosey. She helped her father castrate and dehorn bulls and pull breached calves out of their mothers. To torment her younger brother, she plopped him in the pen of Murray, a cantankerous turkey. Her brother retaliated by chasing her with the electric cattle prod. At 28, she has mostly outgrown her childish antics. She is about to return to the workforce after 15 months of professional development in chilly Boston. But if history is any indicator, the job search will not be a smooth one. Her strangest job interview entailed holding a hissing cockroach and a rat snake. Her farm training paid off -- she got the job. Her forays into traditional employment include reporting for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Florida Today and the Los Angeles Times. She is now covering space and science at NewScientist.com in Boston. Before she dies, she wants to hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, run a marathon, visit all 50 states and 7 continents, raise a nerd baby and remember exactly how tennis is scored.

in resonance:

Interstate anger
Scientists search for new ways to combat road rage.

Full of hot air
Coverage of the 2004 hurricane season crossed the line from public service to infotainment.

Beetlemania
Harvard scientists are sharing the thousands of dried beetles, butterflies, and other insects in their collection with researchers around the world – using the Internet.

Contact Kelly at kydecosta@yahoo.com