Break down!: explosions, implosions, crashes, crunches, cracks, and more ... a how things work look at how things break - mara grunbaum

MARA GRUNBAUM is an award-winning science journalist, editor, and author based in Seattle, Washington.

She uses humor, accessible writing, and solid science to inform audiences of all ages and interests.

Grunbaum has covered all areas of science but has a particular penchant for the strange, slimy, and generally biological.

Her work has appeared in outlets such as Slate, Popular Science, Live Science, Discover, Scholastic Science World, and the New York Times for Kids .

She is also a senior editor for Natural History magazine and the former editor of Scholastic SuperScience, a classroom science magazine for students in grades 3 to 6.

Grunbaum won the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award for Childrens Science News and has a masters degree in science, health, and environmental reporting from New York University.

You can find her online at https: //www.

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