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Virginia Hughes

Virginia Hughes is a science journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. Her blog, Only Human, is published by National Geographic.

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Childhood and adolescence

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How can scientists act ethically when they are studying the victims of a human tragedy, such as the Romanian orphans?

Virginia Hughes