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Cassandra began writing about science in 2004, covering the latest research on the potential health effects of radiation from cell phones and power lines. She loved science writing so much, she decided to go back to school to get a master’s in science writing. In 2006, she packed up a U-Haul and drove east to Baltimore to study at Johns Hopkins University. There she fell in love with infectious diseases, Afghani food, and urban decay. After a brief stint as a news intern at Nature Medicine and a longer stint as a staff reporter for EARTH magazine, she decided to freelance full time. She now lives in Madison again. You can read her work in Discover, Popular Science, Nature, Scientific American, New Scientist, and The Scientist, among others. 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