Amber Dance.

Amber Dance

Science writer and editor

Amber Dance is an award-winning freelance science writer and editor based in Southern California. She is a contributor at Knowable Magazine, program director for the New Horizons in Science briefings at the ScienceWriters annual conference for the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, and a science writing instructor UCLA Extension. She is also a Fictionary StoryCoach Certified Editor.

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Pregnancy Microphone

Maternity induces lasting gene-expression changes in mouse brains

By Amber Dance
12 June 2026 | 5 min read
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Levels of autism severity in diagnostic manual track with intelligence

By Amber Dance
26 March 2018 | 4 min read

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