Baltimore is a hub of scientific innovation, boasting three major biomedical research institutions: The Johns Hopkins University; the University of Maryland, Baltimore; and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Yet discoveries from these local institutions do not typically reach the city’s general population.

Malka Svei and Jackson Mace, Ph.D. students at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, aim to change that with Charm City Science, a quarterly science communication zine that includes stories about compelling research going on in the area and a section highlighting local science events that are open to the public.

Paper copies can be found at various locations downtown — including Lexington Market, the Enoch Pratt central library and Red Emma’s bookstore. Digital copies are sent to email subscribers and posted on Linktree, where all issues can be accessed at any time.

“There are so many cool opportunities for the general public to interact with science,” say Malka and Jackson. “We try to bring as much of that information together as possible in each issue of the zine.”