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Veronique Greenwood

Veronique Greenwood

Veronique Greenwood is a staff writer at Discover. Her writing has also appeared in Seed, Technology Review, Scientific American, and elsewhere. You can learn more about her at veroniquegreenwood.com.

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Let Kids Play With Fire, and Other Rules for Good Parenting

Let Kids Play With Fire, and Other Rules for Good Parenting

Questions and answers with Gever Tulley, co-author of Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)… More »

Plastic and Humankind: An Unhealthy Relationship

Plastic and Humankind: An Unhealthy Relationship

An interview with the author of Plastic: A Toxic Love Story on the origins and uses of plastic—and how it abuses us… More »

What History Teaches Us About Blood, Stem Cells, and Fear

What History Teaches Us About Blood, Stem Cells, and Fear

Some medical debates are as old as the Scientific Revolution. An interview with the author of Blood Work.… More »

The Longevity Project: Decades of Data Reveal Paths to Long Life

The Longevity Project: Decades of Data Reveal Paths to Long Life

"Worrying is always bad for your health." Wrong. A study lasting for more than 80 years debunks conventional wisdom.… More »

Remembering Grandmother's French Christmas Cake

Remembering Grandmother's French Christmas Cake

A family recipe for a classic bûche de Noël: one part golden cake, one part coffee buttercream, and one part spectator sport… More »

Recipe: Bûche de Noël

This log-shaped cake filled with coffee buttercream is a traditional French Christmas dessert with years of history… More »

Sweet Memories: How Jelly Belly Invents Flavors

Sweet Memories: How Jelly Belly Invents Flavors

Only four scientists create the tastes behind Jelly Belly jelly beans. An inside-the-factory look at how they do it.… More »

In China, Dinner Is Theater

In China, Dinner Is Theater

Roller-skating waiters. Main courses bathed in clouds of dry ice. If you thought the Olympics were spectacular, try Beijing's style-not-substance restaurants.… More »

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