Autor/-in: Starre Vartan

Starre Vartan is an independent freelance science writer with a focus on health-related biotech, mental health, disease and women's bodies, as well as animals and environment. She writes on health for CNN. ; regularly on biotechnology and health for Scientific American. ; and frequently about animals for National Geographic. , as well as contributing science- and heath stories to the Washington Post. , Dame. magazine, Slate. , Gizmodo. , Hakai. , Digital Trends. , The Daily Beast. and New York magazine. She has a BS in Geology, a BA in English, and, a minor in Biology and worked as a geologist specializing in hydrology in Connecticut before turning to writing about science and health.