Mirsky has also written Scientific American's monthly "Anti Gravity" column since 1995 until December 8, 2020.

[6] Prior to studying chemistry in college, Mirsky explored acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and spent the summer of 1978 with an acting company performing at the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival.

[7] While attending Cornell University, Mirsky received a Mass Media Fellowship through the American Association for the Advancement of Science and received a science journalist assignment for one summer at a TV station, WSVN-TV, in Miami, FL.

[6] After WMCR, Mirsky worked for five years at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine covering basic research for its publications and then became a freelance science writer for a variety of magazines.

[2] He is now a senior editor at Scientific American and continues to write the "Anti Gravity" column.