Selected clips. For a complete list of my stories, visit my Medium page.
2019
Facing up to injustice in genome science (news feature), Nature
Brain signals translated into speech using artificial intelligence, Nature
New genetic ‘risk score’ could predict obesity odds, Science
Zapping elderly brains with electricity improves short-term memory—for almost an hour, Science
Protecting monarch butterflies' winter home could mean moving hundreds of trees, Nature (also appeared in Scientific American)
2018
Italian scientists protest funding for vaccine-safety investigation, Nature
A new way to capture the brain’s electrical symphony (news feature), Nature
Share of African American men going into medicine hits historic low, Nature
How gut microbes are joining the fight against cancer (news feature), Nature (also appeared in the German and Italian editions of Scientific American)
Peer-reviewed homeopathy study sparks uproar in Italy, Nature
Plan to dismantle Puerto Rico’s statistics agency gets green light, Nature
Yellowstone's grizzlies under threat from controversial hunting proposal, Nature
Gender bias goes away when grant reviewers focus on the science, Nature
Sexual-minority students more likely to abandon science majors, Nature
Polar bears are wasting away in a changing climate, Nature
How brittlestars 'see' without eyes, Nature (also appeared in Scientific American)
In thousands of brain scans, group seeks clues to diseases, Science
2017
Do bacteriophage guests protect human health?, Science
Cosmic rays reveal unknown void in the Great Pyramid of Giza, Science
Cats that behave like liquids, tampons that play music, and other ‘advances’ honored with Ig Nobel Prizes, Science
More clues link immune system imbalance with chronic fatigue syndrome, Science
Why so much of the world is stuck in a ‘poverty trap’, Science
Gut microbes could help trigger multiple sclerosis, Science
This is what it would take to kill all life on Earth, Science
Beer Yeast Is More ‘Sophisticated’ Than Wine Yeast, NOVA Next
Facing up to injustice in genome science (news feature), Nature
Brain signals translated into speech using artificial intelligence, Nature
New genetic ‘risk score’ could predict obesity odds, Science
Zapping elderly brains with electricity improves short-term memory—for almost an hour, Science
Protecting monarch butterflies' winter home could mean moving hundreds of trees, Nature (also appeared in Scientific American)
2018
Italian scientists protest funding for vaccine-safety investigation, Nature
A new way to capture the brain’s electrical symphony (news feature), Nature
Share of African American men going into medicine hits historic low, Nature
How gut microbes are joining the fight against cancer (news feature), Nature (also appeared in the German and Italian editions of Scientific American)
Peer-reviewed homeopathy study sparks uproar in Italy, Nature
Plan to dismantle Puerto Rico’s statistics agency gets green light, Nature
Yellowstone's grizzlies under threat from controversial hunting proposal, Nature
Gender bias goes away when grant reviewers focus on the science, Nature
Sexual-minority students more likely to abandon science majors, Nature
Polar bears are wasting away in a changing climate, Nature
How brittlestars 'see' without eyes, Nature (also appeared in Scientific American)
In thousands of brain scans, group seeks clues to diseases, Science
2017
Do bacteriophage guests protect human health?, Science
Cosmic rays reveal unknown void in the Great Pyramid of Giza, Science
Cats that behave like liquids, tampons that play music, and other ‘advances’ honored with Ig Nobel Prizes, Science
More clues link immune system imbalance with chronic fatigue syndrome, Science
Why so much of the world is stuck in a ‘poverty trap’, Science
Gut microbes could help trigger multiple sclerosis, Science
This is what it would take to kill all life on Earth, Science
Beer Yeast Is More ‘Sophisticated’ Than Wine Yeast, NOVA Next
2016
Portable Drug-Maker Could Save Lives in Remote Regions, NOVA Next
Zika May Damage the Brain by Hijacking Cells Related to Skull Formation, NOVA Next
In Search of Another Earth - MIT professor Sara Seager aims to find our planet’s twin within her lifetime, MIT Scope
What happens when cells embrace damage? Scientists propose a new hypothesis to tackle one of the big remaining mysteries in animal evolution, Science in School
Finding the way with X-ray - New technique uses X-rays to find landmarks when combining fluorescence and electron microscopy, EMBLetc.
Portable Drug-Maker Could Save Lives in Remote Regions, NOVA Next
Zika May Damage the Brain by Hijacking Cells Related to Skull Formation, NOVA Next
In Search of Another Earth - MIT professor Sara Seager aims to find our planet’s twin within her lifetime, MIT Scope
What happens when cells embrace damage? Scientists propose a new hypothesis to tackle one of the big remaining mysteries in animal evolution, Science in School
Finding the way with X-ray - New technique uses X-rays to find landmarks when combining fluorescence and electron microscopy, EMBLetc.
2015
Lighting up development - Using lasers to shed light on how tissues get into shape, EMBLetc.
(a first-person account of my PhD project)
Lighting up development - Using lasers to shed light on how tissues get into shape, EMBLetc.
(a first-person account of my PhD project)
