Lucy Goodchild van Hilten is a writing fellow at Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute. Her work has been published by Harvard Business Review, International Herald Tribune, Salon, AlterNet, Microbiology Today, Hakai Magazine, Mensa Magazine, and Elsevier Connect, among others. She has served as the assistant editor of Microbiology Today and runs Bucket List Bookshop. Goodchild holds a Bachelor of Science in genetics and microbiology and a Master of Science in the history of science, medicine, and technology. She is based in Amsterdam.
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The United States has spent years confronting Russian influence operations, disinformation and covert activity directed primarily at Europe. Now, according to newly unsealed charges by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), an alleged Russian intelligence network attempted to recruit people
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As the seasons shift into spring and summer, flowers bloom, trees turn green, and the days grow longer and sunnier. However, for many, this time also marks the start of allergy season
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