Bethany Halford

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Science writer and senior correspondent at C&EN. Opinions here are mine and mine alone (she/her). Signal: bethanyhalford.29

Chemical structure of enlicitide
Two delicious looking pies
Photo of icon Dolly Parton with the quote "I ain't dead yet!"
A gif showing 13 molecules of varying complexity
Bluesky notice showing Jami Attenberg liked my Day 4 #1000wordsofsummer post!
In the foreground: a chemist Lego minifig holding two flasks and a copper ball on the corner of a laptop keyboard. In the background: the C&EN staff page of Bethany Halford, Senior Correspondent
A lead cyclist bikes over a structure of lactic acid painted on the road.
A yellow boat cruises down the Chicago river, which appears bright green. There are tall city buildings in the background.
A delicious looking chocolate mixed nut pie.
Woman holding an ornament that looks like a nun reading the Bible while smoking and giving the finger.
Video features a rotating supramolecular assembly, at times surrounded by a right-handed snub cube cage.
A bag of Brie, bubbly, and orange crisps (potato chips)
A bag of Pigs in a Blanket flavour crisps (potato chips)
C&EN's logo
Huckleberry pie with a pi symbol in the crust
Gift guide showing images of flask-shaped magnets, socks with the muppets Beaker and Bunsen, and a drip coffee tower made from chemical glassware
A building decorated with chemical structures that don't necessarily make sense chemically.
Test tube chandelier with colored water, washi tape imprinted with chemistry glassware, lab bench shadow box