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 Discover Magazine, Popular Science online, Hakai Magazine, Earth Touch News, Grist.org, and OnEarth.org. She also fact-checks for Discover Magazine.
Find more of her writing at ashleybraun.com/writing and follow her on Twitter at @ashleybraun.
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