Michael Dhar is a manuscript editor at the American Medical Association and a freelance science and medical writer and editor, having written for Live Science, Space.com, Earth.com, The Fix, Scientific American, and others. Michael received a master's degree in Bioinformatics from NYU's Polytechnic School of Engineering, and also has a master's in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University School of New York, and a bachelor's in English with a biology minor from the University of Iowa.
Latest articles by Michael Dhar

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New fund would aid responses to floods, fires and storms. But a failure to address warming and greenhouse gas emissions undercuts the funding success, critics say.

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A United Nations report warns of imperiled glaciers at iconic World Heritage sites — but climate action could save most of them.

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Even an extremely dead apex predator deserves a beautiful view of the night sky — particularly one that reminds them of home.

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Quantum weirdness and Twitter feeds add to the entropy in these public randomness beacons.

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The space thriller film 'Gravity' may be fiction, but real disasters in space have occurred. From exploding fuel tanks to wolves, here's a look at the many threats that have endangered spacefarers.
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