Gina Jiménez is a health reporter and The Transmitter’s former news reporting intern. She has written for Kaiser Health News, Scientific American and Slate, among other publications. She holds an M.A. in journalism from New York University’s Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program. See more of her work at https://www.gina-jimenez.com.
Gina Jiménez
Former news reporting intern
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O que significa ‘lar’ para Martín Giurfa
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El investigador de la cognición de insectos ha hecho su trabajo en varios continentes, pero Argentina nunca está lejos de su mente.
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The drug could become much easier to access, increasing the number of researchers who can work with it and the manufacturers who can produce it.
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Follow these four tips to avoid using the information in problematic ways, including as a proxy for environmental variables.
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