Lydia Denworth
Lydia Denworth is a science journalist and author. She is the contributing editor for Scientific American and writes the Brain Waves blog for Psychology Today. Her work has also appeared in The Atlantic, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and many other publications. She is the author of three books of popular science. Toxic Truth, I Can Hear You Whisper and her latest book, Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life’s Fundamental Bond. Friendship a fascinating look at the science and history of friendship and how it affects our brain and our health. A native of Philadelphia and graduate of Princeton, Lydia moved to Brooklyn right out of college and has considered it home ever since even though she has also lived in France, London and Hong Kong. Although she is a lifelong city person, Lydia, her husband, Mark Justh and their three sons also have a foot in the country. They split their time between Brooklyn and their sustainable farm in
