Clips
2010
Spurred by Warming Climate, Beetles Threaten Coffee Crops (Yale Environment 360, Aug. 26, 1,500 words)
Fat Attack: Will Three New Anti-obesity Drugs Beat a Checkered Safety History? (Scientific American, Sept., 750 words)
How to Build a Better Barbecue Pit (IEEE Spectrum, July 2, 730 words)
When Powerhouses Fail (Nature Medicine, June, 2,000 words; sub. req.)
Woes hit foundation funds (The Scientist, May 5, 700 words)
Animal rights activists try a more creative legal tactic (Nature Medicine, May, 700 words; sub. req.)
Game(s) On: Sports video is kicking off a wave of data-rich and customized online viewing (Fast Company, May, 500 words)
Different Shades of Blue (Scientific American Mind, May/June, 3,500 words)
Molecular Gastronomy Goes Industrial (IEEE Spectrum.com, Mar. 26, 700 words)
Field of Beams: Fifty Years of Lasers, by the Numbers (Fast Company, March, infographic)
Abuse and Attachment (Scientific American Mind, March/April, 450 words)
First, Do No Harm: The Green Hospital of the Future (Fast Company, Feb., 600 words)
Scorsese and DiCaprio’s Movie Gold (Fast Company, Feb., infographic)
From Throat to Mind (Scientific American Mind, Jan./Feb., 400 words)
A Layman’s Guide to the Tablet PCs of 2010 (FastCompany.com, Jan. 14, 1,000 words)
Q&A with Eric Green (Nature Medicine, January, 1,500 words)
Bioethicists Renew Call for Changes to Prison Research (Nature Medicine, January, 500 words)
In Search of Memory Review (Scientific American Mind, Jan./Feb., 200 words)
2009
Here Comes Sani-Claus: Tech Gifts for Germaphobes (FastCompany.com, Dec. 17, slideshow)
Cell Phone Psychology: Personal Training by Phone (Scientific American Mind, Oct./Nov., 240 words)
Mice that Resist Hearing Loss Could Help Aging Ears (SciAm.com, Nov. 25, 700 words)
Drive-thru Lab (The Scientist, November, 700 words)
Do Criminals with Asperger’s Syndrome Deserve Special Treatment? (Slate, Oct. 23, 1,200 words)
For Parkinson’s Patients, Hearing Voices Could Be a Good Thing (IEEE Spectrum, Oct. 23, 600 words)
How to Serve Fast Food for Thanksgiving (Wired, November, 150 words)
Closing Army Pathology Lab Bristles at Replacement Attempt (Nature Medicine, October, 300 words; sub. req.)
Survey of Medical Centers Points to Funding Gaps (Nature Medicine, October, 500 words; sub. req.)
Q&A with Ian Lipkin (Nature Medicine, September, 1,700 words; sub. req.)
Review of “Healthy Minds” series (Scientific American Mind, July/August, 300 words)
The Case for Locavore Science Meetings (The Scientist, June 26, 550 words)
A Real Stretch: Stretching Your Mouth Affects What You Hear (Scientific American, June, 750 words)
Do Dangerous Spiders Lurk in Grocery Store Produce? (SciAm.com, Mar. 24, 1,500 words)
Beyond “Rain Man”–Autism in Film (Scientific American Mind, April/May, 300 words)
Citizen Science: How Smartphones Could Help Scientific Research (PopularMechanics.com, Mar.13, 500 words)
Sign Language by Cellphone (IEEE Spectrum Magazine, Mar., 600 words)
Parroting Virus (The Scientist, Mar., 700 words)
Why It Hurts to Be Away from Your Partner (Scientific American Mind, Feb./Mar., 525 words)
Mending Bridges (Columbia Magazine, Winter issue, 330 words)
2008
Psychiatry in Flux (Scientific American Mind, Dec./Jan., 450 words)
Top 5 Scientists Under 20 (Discover Magazine, Dec., 1,000 words)
Cafe Science (Columbia Magazine, Fall Issue, 500 words)
No Nobel for You: Top 10 Nobel Snubs (SciAm.com, Oct. 6, 1,150 words)
Pimp My Poster with slideshow (The Scientist Magazine, October Issue, 700 words)
Word Problems (Scientific American Mind, Aug/Sept., 150 words)
Talk to Teens, Live Longer (Scientific American Mind, Aug/Sept., 350 words)
Who Will Tell Amelia? (Columbia Magazine, Summer Issue, 1,800 words)
How to Land a Plane (Wired Magazine, June Issue, 250 words)
The World’s Largest Parking Lots with slideshow (Forbes.com, April 10, 1,000 words)
A Magnetic Boost (Scientific American Mind, April/May, 300 words)
In a Hearing World, a Church’s Mettle Is Tested (The New York Times, October 28, 450 words)
Arctic Land Grabs Could Cause Eco-Disaster (DiscoverMagazine.com, August 30, 1,200 words)
Shifty Eyes Provide Super Human Vision (Discover Magazine, October issue, 200 words)
Bible Villain’s Burial Place Found (Discover Magazine, August issue, 300 words)
Warming May Radically Change Ecosystems (Discover Magazine, July issue, 400 words)