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In 2007 a tragic motorcycle accident left science writer Tim Requarth’s brother with irreversib...

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16.38 8 Oct 2020


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16.38 8 Oct 2020


In 2007 a tragic motorcycle accident left science writer Tim Requarth’s brother with irreversible brain damage and changed his life and the life of those around him forever.

The fallout from this incident formed the basis for Tim’s Best American Science & Nature Writing 2020 prize winning article “The Final Five Percent

Tim Requarth is a Science Journalist and Lecturer in Science & Writing at New York University


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