Jeanna Bryner is managing editor of Scientific American. Previously she was editor in chief of Live Science and, prior to that, an editor at Scholastic's Science World magazine. Bryner has an English degree from Salisbury University, a master's degree in biogeochemistry and environmental sciences from the University of Maryland and a graduate science journalism degree from New York University. She has worked as a biologist in Florida, where she monitored wetlands and did field surveys for endangered species, including the gorgeous Florida Scrub Jay. She also received an ocean sciences journalism fellowship from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She is a firm believer that science is for everyone and that just about everything can be viewed through the lens of science.
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Man Unknowingly Buys 4,000-Year-Old Pottery at Flea Market, Uses It As Toothbrush HolderYou never know what you'll find at a flea market.
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Twitter Erupts with Mars Madness As Lander Touches Down Safely on Red PlanetBam, just like that, the Mars InSight lander plops onto the surface of its new home. Here's what Twitter had to say about the momentous landing.
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Everything ThinkGeek Is 50% Off Today!Deals Pehaps the best site on the Internet for finding cool science-y gifts that are unique and imaginative, ThinkGeek is going all out it seems for Cyber Monday.
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Mars InSight Photos: A Timeline to Landing on the Red PlanetBy Jeanna Bryner Published
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In Photos: Devastating Wildfires in CaliforniaWildfires raging in Northern California are now considered the deadliest the state has ever endured. Here's a look at the fires and the destruction left behind.
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Antarctica: The Ice-Covered Bottom of the World (Photos)Here's a look at the southernmost continent, a place of extremes.
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Weird and Funny Science Gifts That Are Sure to Make You LaughWho says science isn’t funny? Live Science collects a roundup of humorous and weird science-themed holiday gifts.
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Creepy AI-Created Portrait Fetches $432,500 at AuctionIt's the arrival of artificial intelligence in the art world.
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Robbed of Nobel, Female Physicist Blazed Her Own Amazing Trail: Watch Her Speak TonightJocelyn Bell Burnell, astrophysicist extraordinaire who helped discover radio pulsars while a graduate student, tells her story tonight. Watch it live on Live Science.
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Octopus Moms Enter Death Spiral Before Eight-Armed Bundles Are BornFor an octopus mom, the miracle of life is bittersweet.
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Defense Department Password Is Cracked in 9 Seconds. So How Safe Are US Weapons?An evildoer with hacking skills could potentially take control of U.S. weapons systems, according to report that finds critical cybersecurity threats at the Department of Defense.
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Stephen Hawking's 1st Wife Blasts Biopic 'The Theory of Everything'Jane Hawking says the film got a lot of things wrong about her life with the renowned physicist.
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Rare Quintuple Rainbow Captured by Photographer in New JerseyHere's how the 5-in-1 rainbow formed.
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Nobel Prize in Physics Shared by Woman for 1st Time in 55 YearsDonna Strickland joins the ranks of Marie Curie and Maria Goeppert-Mayer.
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Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Scientists Who Developed Breakthrough Cancer TreatmentThe two men, James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo, figured out how to use a person's immune system to attack tumors.
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'Lucky' Raccoon Survives 9-Story Leap from BuildingThe daredevil raccoon miraculously survived a horrifying fall.
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Center of the Eye of Hurricane Florence Makes Landfall Near Wrightsville Beach, NCHere's the latest on the major hurricane heading toward the U.S. Southeast Coast.
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Hurricane Florence: Photos of a Monster StormHurricane Florence strengthened into a Category 4 storm, with maximum sustained winds reaching 140 mph (220 km/h). Here's a look at the monster storm as it heads toward the U.S. East Coast.
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Huge Cache of Magma Hidden Beneath California SupervolcanoScientists detected 240 cubic miles of magma, enough for an enormous mega-explosion the likes of the supereruption that occurred 760,000 years ago.
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Photos Show Horrifying Scenes from California WildfiresBy Jeanna Bryner Published
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This Meteor 'Exploded' Over Greenland, But Nobody Saw It. Here's Why It Matters.A fireball that streaked across the sky above the Thule Air Base in Greenland on July 25 was notable for not only the 2.1 kilotons of energy it released but also the stir it caused on social media.
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What Caused Massive Magnitude-7 Indonesian Earthquake?Here's a look at the tectonic plates that made the 7.0-magnitude earthquake possible.
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Astrophysicists Just Saw an Amazing Structure in the Sun's Outer AtmosphereInside the sun's atmosphere, what may seem like cosmic clutter hides some beautiful order.
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CDC Chief Says Son Nearly Died from Cocaine Laced with FentanylThe director of the largest U.S. public health agency reveals he has a personal reason for fighting the opioid epidemic.
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