--- title: Amanda Ruggeri | TIME description: Ruggeri is a multi-award-winning journalist who focuses on science, history, and sometimes the overlap between the two. A former science editor for the BBC, she has written for BBC.com, New Scientist, Scientific American, The Atlantic, and more canonical: https://time.com/author/amanda-ruggeri/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/amanda-ruggeri/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Amanda Ruggeri ## Amanda Ruggeri Ruggeri is a multi-award-winning journalist who focuses on science, history, and sometimes the overlap between the two. A former science editor for the BBC, she has written for BBC.com, New Scientist, _Scientific American_, _The Atlantic_, and more ## Amanda Ruggeri *  Apr 7, 2025 ### [The Myth of the Male Breadwinner](https://time.com/7275453/male-breadwinner-myth-essay/) It’s hurting both women and men, writes Amanda Ruggeri. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/amanda-ruggeri/","name":"Amanda Ruggeri"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/amanda-ruggeri/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/amanda-ruggeri/"},"name":"Amanda Ruggeri","jobTitle":"Ruggeri is a multi-award-winning journalist who focuses on science, history, and sometimes the overlap between the two. A former science editor for the BBC, she has written for BBC.com, New Scientist, Scientific American, The Atlantic, and more","description":"Ruggeri is a multi-award-winning journalist who focuses on science, history, and sometimes the overlap between the two. A former science editor for the BBC, she has written for BBC.com, New Scientist, Scientific American, The Atlantic, and more","url":"https://time.com/author/amanda-ruggeri/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```