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Brooke Borel

Brooke Borel is a science writer and journalist. She is a contributing editor to Popular Science, where she authors the blog Our Modern Plagues.

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To stay afloat in the pandemic, doctors turn to GoFundMe

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“A drop of blood with legs”: How the bed bug infiltrated our bedrooms and took over the world

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