Natasha Gilbert is a freelance writer who has spent a decade covering the environment, biology, agriculture and education for outlets including The Guardian, National Public Radio and Scientific American. She is a former staff reporter for Nature. She has an M.Sc. in philosophy of science from the London School of Economics and a B.Sc. in environmental biology from the University of Reading in the U.K. She is a native Londoner living in Washington, D.C.
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