School
Texas A&M University, NCSU, Millersville University
Expertise
Medical Research And Technology, The Solar System And Stars, History Of Science
- Daniel is a freelance writer that thrives on deep dives into disparate topics and picking out the connections between them.
- His more than a decade of work as a medical document editor has given him a particular facility at understanding scientific and academic writing.
- His passion for space comes from a dark sky star party where spent the night looking at galaxies and planets and spent the day making a solar filter to look at the sun.
Experience
Daniel currently writes for Sciencing, Android Police, and XDA. In 2006, he created the newsletter/blog "Amish Otaku," which ran until 2009 and focused on video games, anime, comics, and manga. On his personal blog, he writes about everything from health and technology to birds and flags.
Education
Daniel attended Texas A&M University and North Carolina State University and received his diploma from Millersville University in English literature and writing. He also has half of a master's degree in elementary education.
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Alligators can get really big, but these inhabitants of the Americas come second to their crocodile cousins, and their prehistoric ancestors were bigger still.
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