About Science Me






Who Am I?
My name is Rebecca, Becky, Bec, or Brrrkakaka if you just like making silly noises (of course you do). I was born and raised in England which is why I spell words like "colour" and "aluminium" the good old-fashioned way. I moved to New Zealand in 2007 and today I run two websites, two kids, and two pets. I have a long backstory in writing and a part-done degree in Biology stalled, not unironically, by the need to have babies. I blame their dad, Pete, the multi-talented git who also created the game Battlecruisers.
Contact
Write to me at becky@scienceme.com with your questions, corrections, collaborations, and death threats. Please no content marketing, I'm not that kind of girl. You're very welcome to reprint occasional articles and illustrations on your websites, lectures, presentations, etc, and please to attribute the content to ScienceMe.com. Subscribe to Science Me to be notified when I publish new articles. You can also follow me down the street on Instagram, X, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. Okay, I'm going now, bye.
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