Polly ShulmanPolly Shulman has written for The New York Times, Discover, Newsday, Salon, Slate, Scientific American, Archaeology, and The Village Voice, among others. She edits news stories about fossils, meteors, the ocean, the weather, and the planets for Sciene magazine. She is an alumna of Hunter College High School, Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics, and Yale University. She grew up in New York City, where she lives with her husband, Andrew Nahem, and their parakeet, Olive. Read More Read Less