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Bethany Brookshire

Bethany Brookshire is a science journalist and author of Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains, forthcoming from Ecco on December 6. Her work has appeared in Science News, Scientific American, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Sierra, and other outlets. She is a host of the podcast Science for the People. Bethany holds a PhD in Physiology and Pharmacology from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. 

Articles by Bethany Brookshire

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Opinion: Are Cats Friends or Fiends?

Cover of <em>Pests.</em>

Book Excerpt from Pests

Image of small blue creatures called Nergals. Some have hearts above their heads, which signify friendship. There is one Nergal who is sneezing and losing health, which is denoted by minus one signs floating around it.
June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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Streamlining Microbial Quality Control Testing

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