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David Biello

New York
As seen in: Apple Events, The New York Times, HuffPost, PBS, PBS NewsHour, TED, Scientific American, Slate, Yale Environment 360, Salon and
Covers:  energy, environment
"We are waves of the same sea, leaves of the same tree, flowers of the same garden." - Seneca Me: Science curator @TEDtalks, wrote The Unnatural World etc, etc
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David Biello’s Biography

I am an award-winning journalist writing primarily about the environment and energy. I am working on a book about whether the planet has entered a new geologic age as a result of human impacts and, if so, what we should do about this Anthropocene. I’ve been writing for Scientific American since November 2005 and have written on subjects ranging from astronomy to zoology for both the Web site and magazine. I’ve been reporting on the environment and energy since 1999—long enough to be cynical but not long enough to be depressed. I am the host of the 60-Second Earth podcast, a contributor to the Instant Egghead video series and author of a children’s book on bullet trains. I also write for publications ranging from the L.A. Review of Books to Yale e360, speak on radio shows such as WNYC’s The Takeaway, NHPR’s Word of Mouth, and PRI’s The World as well as host the duPont-Columbia award winning documentary “Beyond the Light Switch” for PBS. I also happen to think Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species is a surprisingly good read.