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Richard J. Sima
Richard Sima is a science writer based in Baltimore, Md. He covers the environmental and life sciences and has written for Eos, Scientific American, Discover, and elsewhere. He has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University and an undergraduate degree in neurobiology from Harvard College.
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