Sara Hashemi

Sara Hashemi

Live Science Contributor

Sara Hashemi is a journalist and fact-checker covering environmental justice, climate and the intersection between science and society. Her work has appeared in Sierra, Smithsonian Magazine, Maisonneuve and more. She has a master's degree in science journalism from NYU.

Latest articles by Sara Hashemi

A desert-adapted elephant calf (Loxodonta africana) sitting on its hind legs.

Why do elephants have big ears?

By Sara Hashemi published

Elephants have the largest ears in the animal kingdom, and there's a practical reason for that.

Elephants

What's hiding under Antarctica's ice?

By Sara Hashemi published

Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent by size, so what's hiding under its massive sheaths of ice?

Antarctica

Intelligent aliens would need a power supply to jump-start their civilization — would they require fossil fuels?

By Sara Hashemi published

Fossil fuels powered the industrial revolution. Would aliens need a similar power source to jump-start a technical revolution?

Extraterrestrial Life