Charles Rousseaux is Senior Writer in the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States. A biologist by training, he discovered — through the trial of many errors — that he was better suited for a career in communications than research. He has served as an editorial writer for The Washington Times and a speechwriter for senior officials at the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Department of Health and Human Services and NASA. Charles creates a wide range of communications materials for the Office of Science and leads a writers group of about forty scribes and content creators across ten national labs and numerous research facilities. When not writing or reading, Charles ‘enjoys’ running the occasional ultramarathon.