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I am a freelance science writer. That means I: read a lot of journal articles, interview a lot of scientists, visit labs, travel to scientific conferences, and write news and feature stories in my pajamas.
My writing has appeared in Nature, New Scientist, Popular Science, Scientific American and several popular blogs, including The Last Word on Nothing, NOVA’s Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers, Smithsonian Magazine‘s The Gist, and the autism blog On SFARI.
I used to be the community manager of ScienceBlogs, and have also worked for Discover Magazine, Seed Magazine and NPR‘s science desk.
I studied neuroscience at Brown and science writing at Johns Hopkins. My Brown degree was not, as is commonly assumed, made of hemp.
All questions and comments are welcome: virginia.hughes@gmail.com.
