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Francie Diep
Francie Diep
Francie Diep holds her B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she took as many science classes as she could in between her major requirements. After graduating, she worked as a TA for biochemistry and functional genomics labs at UCLA. After three years at the bench and chalkboard, she is eager to put her writing skills back to work reporting science stories.
Francie Diep • July 3, 2011
Your grassy lawn comes at the cost of high water use
Francie Diep • March 10, 2011
Gerry Moore, director of science at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, has been watching the plants of the New York metropolitan move and change over the past 30 years
Francie Diep • March 7, 2011
Private citizens create online maps to chart crimes, first aid and groceries
Francie Diep • December 30, 2010
A look at one uranium mine shows how difficult it will be to clean up the reservation’s hundreds of abandoned Cold War-era mines
Francie Diep • December 23, 2010
Ecologists are looking to herbaria, the world’s historical libraries of preserved plants, to see how plants are reacting to global warming
Francie Diep • December 10, 2010
One scientist recreates the worldview of mankind’s best friend
Francie Diep • October 30, 2010
How disrupting the body’s day-night cycle might be carcinogenic
Francie Diep • October 29, 2010
The smallest among us may bear the greatest burden of a shifting climate
Francie Diep • October 5, 2010
Living near major roadways may increase the risk of dying of coronary heart disease