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A long-form feature can explain how an idea developed, where evidence disagrees and why a question matters beyond a specialist audience. It should give readers enough context to understand the problem without pretending to settle every debate.

A useful story has a central question and a clear thread, not a list of unrelated innovations.

Identify original studies, credible background material and perspectives that address the question. Explain uncertainty in plain language and distinguish factual reporting from argument or personal reflection.

Images, diagrams and quotations need provenance and permission. Illustration should clarify the account, not make an unsupported claim appear authoritative.

Science intersects with art, design, food, technology and everyday decisions. These connections can make a subject approachable while retaining a clear boundary between a creative interpretation and a scientific finding.

Readers should be able to tell which parts are evidence, which are explanation and which are the author’s perspective.

Send a working title, audience, central question, brief outline, principal sources and the reason you are suited to tell the story. State any relevant interests and the rights available for proposed media.

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