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Finding the story in the science. That’s what I do.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m a staff writer and photographer at the University of Vermont covering all the natural and physical sciences, astronomy to zoology, for UVM publications. I also work with reporters and editors to connect them with UVM experts and research news. As dessert, I teach writing classes in UVM’s Field Naturalist Graduate Program.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joshua Brown \u2022 Senior Writer for Science and Environment \u2022 <\/span>joshua.brown@uvm.edu<\/a> \u2022(802-557-7677 (cell) \u2022 802-656-8206 (office)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thoughts Fly<\/a><\/strong> There are no fruit flies in Davi Bock\u2019s kitchen. But head down into the basement of his 1850s farmhouse, on the end of a dirt road in Glover, Vt., and you\u2019ll find them by the millions. Well, not really. But… <\/em><\/summary>
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…in one corner, on a laptop computer linked to the wider world with high-speed, fiber-optic cable\u2014you can surf and plunge into 21 million photos of one fruit fly\u2019s brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bock points to a spectral gray image, roughly the shape of Princess Leia\u2019s hairdo. \u201cThis is the optic lobe,\u201d he says, pointing to one side of the picture that sticks out like a bun. \u201cYou\u2019re seeing hundreds of images mosaic together to encompass the whole fly brain from tip to tip.\u201d On a large monitor, the brain appears about a foot wide. In an actual fruit fly, the brain is smaller than a poppy seed. READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Listening to Leviathans<\/strong><\/a> Why do humpback whales sing? I went out onto the Pacific, off of Costa Rica, in a small motorboat, with three scientists, to listen in.<\/em><\/summary>
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