David Bradley has worked in science communication for almost 25 years. Having read chemistry at university, he worked and travelled in the USA, did a stint in a food laboratory and then took on a role as a technical editor for a major science publisher. He freelanced throughout the 1990s and 2000s for the likes of New Scientist, Science, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and many other papers and magazines. He curently contributes to a wide range of science outlets including SpectroscopyNOW.com, ChemistryViews.org and ChemWeb.com as well as his own http://sciencebase.com site. He tweets as @sciencebase.