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Melinda Wenner on Reality Sandwich

Get Smarter & Save the World
Melinda Wenner

A free online vocabulary game gives rice to the poor.

 

Virtual Universe
Melinda Wenner

Was The Matrix more relevant than we thought? A New Zealand physicist suggests that the universe is nothing more than virtual reality.

The Ecstatic Brain
Melinda Wenner

Scientists hope to treat post-traumatic stress disorder with a little white pill: ecstacy.

Mouse Trips and Traps
Melinda Wenner

The Mouse Party, an animated project developed by the University of Utah, explores what really happens to your brain on drugs.

 

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Melinda Wenner is a freelance science journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. She writes about science, health and the environment for publications including the Boston Globe, Scientific American Mind, Wired, The Scientist and Seed. She has a background in cell & molecular biology and is a recent graduate of NYU's master's program in science journalism.