Kelly Oakes

Kelly Oakes

Kelly Oakes

Bio

Kelly Oakes is a freelance writer covering science, health, and technology. She's written about everything from giant fatbergs clogging sewers to the heat death of the universe, and once explained string theory through 34 carefully-selected cat gifs. 

Experience

She has written for New Scientist, the i paper, BBC Future, Nature, Women's Health, and more. Previously she was science editor at BuzzFeed UK. 

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Articles by Kelly Oakes

Kelly Oakes Kelly Oakes Shelf Life & Food Waste | The Science & Tech Behind Shelf Life How we stop food waste
Kelly Oakes Kelly Oakes Urban Farming | Grow Your Own Food How to grow food in cities!
Kelly Oakes Kelly Oakes Protein & Biodiversity | How 5 Common Protein Sources Affect Biodiversity How does our choices of protein impact biodiversity?
Kelly Oakes Kelly Oakes The Surprising Sources of Protein That Are Not Animal Products You don’t have to eat meat in order to get enough protein.
Kelly Oakes Kelly Oakes 3 Common Sweet Treats | How They Impact Biodiversity Did you know that growing food impacts biodiversity too?
Kelly Oakes Kelly Oakes How Cooking Affects the Nutrients in Your Food Cooking doesn't only change the taste.
Kelly Oakes Kelly Oakes Do you know the carbon footprint of these common foods? Which foods are most carbon-intensive?
Kelly Oakes Kelly Oakes Kimchi & Kombucha | How It’s Made Everything you need to know about fermentation.
Kelly Oakes Kelly Oakes Do you know the water footprint of these common foods? Actually yes? How much water is used in the production of our food...
Kelly Oakes Kelly Oakes 4 Low-tech Food Hacks to Make the Most of Your Food Take advantage of the things you already own.
Kelly Oakes Kelly Oakes Perfectly Ripe Fruits | How Do They Do It? How do we find perfectly ripe fruit in the supermarket?
Kelly Oakes Kelly Oakes How chopping your veg changes its nutritional content What happens to our veggies when we cut them?
Kelly Oakes Kelly Oakes 4 Surprising Foods That Have More Calcium Than Milk What other foods are a good calcium source?
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