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Dave Mosher is a science and technology correspondent at Business Insider and a multimedia journalist who's obsessed with chasing down fascinating and important stories in space, physics, engineering, biology, and more.
Mosher has watched humans and robots launch into space, flown over the North Pole to see a total solar eclipse, toured crumbling nuclear reactor facilities, and donated his fecal microbiome in the name of science, among other reporting adventures.
Prior to joining Business Insider in April 2015, Mosher served as the online director of Popular Science. He's also a former WIRED contributor and has written for outlets such as Scientific American, Popular Mechanics, Discover, Space.com, National Geographic News, and Discovery.com.
Mosher holds degrees in journalism and biology from the Ohio State University.
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