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Bradley Allf

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  • Writer, Freelance
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, North Carolina State University
Colorado
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Covers:  Ecology, Evolution, Conservation, Biology, Science, Poetry, Outdoor Recreation, Citizen/Participatory/Community Science
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Bradley Allf is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Applied Ecology at North Carolina State University. Bradley is also an award-winning science communicator whose work has appeared in Scientific American, Discover, Atlas Obscura, Smithsonian, and many other outlets. His work often relates to the shifting landscape at the intersection of the human and natural worlds. His stories often make a unique impact; his coverage of an inland cetacean burial ground, for instance, inspired a very s…

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Summer reading 2026

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By Patrick Reilly, Ke-Ting Shin, Justin Stewart, Anna Henderson, Bridget Alex Verified, Bradley Allf Verified, Bing Lin, Adela Wu, Priya Dames, Lucy Tu, Kasra Zarei, Chelsea Martinez, Yen Duong
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ILLUSTRATION: OLLIE HIRST Lake Effect The Shadows Tomorrow Eradication Earth 7 Ten Clear Days Artifacts The Felicity Complex 2084 Pedro the Vast The Subtle Art of Folding Space References and Notes Books Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Works of fiction with strong science themes—some far-fetched, others eerily familiar—once again populate Science’s summer reading list, offering readers carefully refracted views of reality and...
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Colorado Scientist Stands Up in Defense of Curiosity

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By Bradley Allf Verified
| Westword Verified
This is, at its core, a failure of curiosity. You see it when the President calls an endangered species of smelt in California a “worthless fish.” You see it when he calls Lesotho a country “nobody has ever heard of.” The President, and the administration he has erected around himself, lack the humility required to take an interest in understanding the world around them. It should come as no surprise that a President who lies constantly wants to censor science.
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The Peculiar Appeal of Straight-Line Hiking

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By Bradley Allf Verified
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Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. I am four hours into what is, ostensibly, a 3-mile hike just west of Boulder, Colorado, and I already feel spent. I pick the burrs off my pants and consider my options. To my left: a dry streambed. To my right: pleasant hills of grass and Ponderosa pine. Dead ahead: poison ivy erupting from every corner of a hideously chossy fourth-class scramble.
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