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Ashley Braun

Ashley Braun is a Seattle-based freelance science and environmental journalist. She works as a deputy editor for DeSmogBlog.com and is a contributing science writer for Natural History Magazine. She has written for The Atlantic, Slate, Scientific American, Discover Magazine, Popular Science online, Hakai Magazine, Earth Touch News, Grist.org, and OnEarth.org. She also fact-checks for Discover Magazine and others. Find more of her writing at ashleybraun.com/writing and follow her on Twitter at @ashleybraun.

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