Kirsi Goldynia - Editor, CNN Science
Kirsi Goldynia
Editor, CNN Science
Kirsi Goldynia is an Editor for CNN Science.
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• Live UpdatesLive Updates Artemis II begins its journey to the moonApr 3, 2026Four astronauts will circumnavigate the moon on the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years. -
Opinion: Alito’s second red flagMay 26, 2024We expect those tasked with administering justice to practice impartiality in their rulings, writes Kirsi Goldynia. The justices, too, acknowledge the importance of keeping personal views out of judicial proceedings. -
Opinion: Which contributors predicted 2023 correctly?Dec 31, 2023Who will win the presidential election? Which movies, albums and shows will receive the most coveted awards? What will be the status of America’s favorite celebrity couple: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce? Kirsi Goldynia unpacks what CNN Opinion contributors predict for 2024. -
Opinion: The life-and-death history lesson that doctors aren’t learningDec 8, 2023CNN Opinion’s Kirsi Goldynia speaks with bioethicist Robert Klitzman about the growing call among physicians and medical institutions around the world to learn from the Holocaust — and other historical examples of medical ethics failures — so that we don’t repeat them. -
Opinion: Thought mRNA vaccines would end with the pandemic? Think againOct 2, 2023Dr. Drew Weissman, along with his research partner Katalin Karikó, changed the course of the Covid-19 pandemic by developing the mRNA vaccine platform. Now, the pair have been awarded a Nobel Prize. CNN’s Kirsi Goldynia spoke with Weissman about his groundbreaking work. -
Opinion: Why some salads may be unsafeAug 3, 2023Frequent disease outbreaks linked to food leave consumers in a quandary: how to feed ourselves and our loved ones without risking illness. CNN’s Kirsi Goldynia speaks with Dr. Catherine Donnelly about how to minimize your risk of eating contaminated food. -
Opinion: Ozempic isn’t just a ‘wonder drug.’ It can also be a warning signJun 7, 2023CNN Opinion’s Jane Carr and Kirsi Goldynia speak with journalist Virginia Sole-Smith, author of the recent book “Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture,” about the rising popularity of Ozempic and other drugs used for weight loss, and the dangerous repercussions they could have, not only for those who use them but for the whole of society. -
Fat Joe is taking on a big problem in health careMay 19, 2023Kirsi Goldynia speaks with rapper Fat Joe, who is sounding the alarm on an issue that he says impacts many in his South Bronx community — and nationwide: the lack of health care price transparency. -
High schoolers who don’t date are less depressed than their counterparts who do, study saysFeb 15, 2023Adolescents who choose not to date fare as well as, or better than, their coupled counterparts in social and leadership skills, a study found. They’re also less depressed. -
You kept sending Amazon stories. We couldn’t stop reading themFeb 15, 2023CNN Opinion wanted to know what readers had to say about Amazon’s decision to withdraw its HQ2 hub from New York City. Did you see the pullout as an economic setback or a blow struck on behalf of the little guy? The answer: all of the above - and then some. -
Opinion: My childhood happy place feels different nowFeb 15, 2023When news broke that there was an active shooter on Michigan State University’s campus, I clung to my childhood memories of growing up at MSU, safe and carefree, writes Kirsi Goldynia. -
Opinion: What Nancy Pelosi’s diet tells us about America’s love of ultraprocessed foodsFeb 8, 2023Nutrition expert Marion Nestle speaks with CNN’s Kirsi Goldynia about the health consequences of ultraprocessed foods and explains why, nonetheless, we can’t stop eating them. -
Opinion: The great gas stove debate has been reignitedJan 18, 2023Last week, emotions boiled over when it was suggested that there may be a ban on gas stoves in the US. Though President Joe Biden clarified that there would be no such ban, the public blowback made it clear that people have deep-seated misgivings about cooking without gas. Kirsi Goldynia speaks with chef Christopher Galarza about why the voluntary shift to electric stoves may be in the best interest of the public. -
Two commentators correctly predicted much of 2022. They’re trying again for 2023Jan 1, 2023Which films, series and albums will win the top awards? Who will be each political party’s US presidential frontrunner at the end of 2023? Which teams will emerge victorious in the most anticipated sporting events of the year? CNN Opinion contributors dare to guess. -
An ER nurse’s message of compassion for the unvaccinatedDec 16, 2021Kirsi Goldynia speaks with Audrey Wendt, an emergency room nurse in Grand Rapids, Michigan, about the emotional toll of being a frontline worker during a period of record-level Covid hospitalizations in her state. -
100,000 Americans died in one year from a disease we can treatNov 19, 2021Kirsi Goldynia speaks with Leana Wen, physician and former health commissioner of Baltimore, about why overdose deaths have risen so sharply and what can be done to address this trend.
About
Kirsi Goldynia is a science editor for CNN Digital. She commissions, assigns and edits space and science breaking news, enterprise stories and newsletters.
Previously, she was an editor for CNN’s Opinion team. In that role, she led the team’s health, science and special projects coverage, while also editing political and cultural commentary.
She holds a neuroscience degree from Wellesley College and is a former scientist, with a research background in neuroscience and developmental neurobiology.
