Brad Plummer
An English major by training, this former ballroom dance instructor honed his editing and writing skills most recently at the helm of the ornithology journal The Auk. It was there that he learned, among other things, that pigeons can "fly" without feathers—and that scientists sometimes have unusual ways of formulating research questions. In December of 2005 Brad earned his Master's in Science and Medical Journalism from Boston University. His work has appeared on radio, in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, online for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and in the Boston Globe. Although he misses poking around Massachusetts’ wildlife reserves and running along the Charles River, nowadays Brad spends his time surrounded by stacks of mostly unrelated books, writing between the cracks about the next odd thing in science. He currently lives with his dog, Star, in New York City.
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Brad's southern upbringing sparked more than an abiding affection for real barbecue. A child of the deep woods and wild places (raised not by wolves but furniture makers), Brad fell in love early with the outdoors. The squishy, spiny queerness of the biological world developed into a chronic interest in the environment, ecology, and evolution. And the pristine night sky left Brad vulnerable to a quenchless fascination with astronomy and space science. It's fair to say Brad's interests now range from the things on the Earth to the things above it. 
