Some of my writing
Undark
In Alaska, a mystery over disappearing whales
November, 2022
Why birth control side effects have eluded science
March, 2022
Scientific American
Death rates among Black people in the U.S. are rising after falling
June, 2023
Dietary restriction works in lab animals, but it might not work in the wild
December, 2022
Pollen grains carry hundreds of plant viruses
May, 2022
Ars Technica
Do better coders swear more, or does C just do that to good programmers?
March, 2023
Smokers gave a home to bacteria that now sicken people with cystic fibrosis
Dec., 2021
Grist
The next pandemic could strike crops, not people
Aug., 2023
How Alaska’s coastal communities are racing against erosion
March, 2023 — Featured on Alaska Public Radio
Hakai Magazine
The foul chartreuse sea
May, 2023
Viruses are not always the villain
April, 2022
Scientists can spy shrimp eggs from space
Feb., 2022
Why are there so many kinds of phytoplankton?
Nov., 2021
The deep ocean’s free real estate
Sept., 2020
Environmental Health News
How to avoid the next PFAS crisis
June, 2023
Science
To combat climate change, companies bury plant waste at sea
Dec, 2024
Nature
‘Wildly weird’ RNA bits discovered infesting the microbes in our guts
Jan, 2024
Potent new pill provides COVID relief for the masses
Jan, 2024
How our brains decode speech: special neurons process certain sounds
Dec, 2023
Coffee in stereo: your brain records an odour’s spatial information
Nov, 2023
Toxic workplaces are the main reason women leave academic jobs
Oct, 2023
Breast cancer often spreads to the spine — newfound stem cell can explain why
Sept, 2023
Older mouse brains rejuvenated by protein found in young blood
Aug, 2023
AI search of Neanderthal proteins resurrects ‘extinct’ antibiotics
July, 2023
Beyond Ozempic: brand-new obesity drugs will be cheaper and more effective
June, 2023
‘Bold’ study that gave people COVID reveals ‘supershedder’ phenomenon
June, 2023
Deadly mushroom poison might now have an antidote — with help from CRISPR
May, 2023
Chronic stress can inflame the gut — now scientists know why
May, 2023
Diabetes and obesity are rising globally — but some nations are hit harder
March, 2023
How to stop the bird flu outbreak becoming a pandemic
March, 2023
How to tackle political polarization — the researchers trying to bridge divides
March, 2023
Bird flu outbreak in mink sparks concern about spread in people
Jan., 2023
Why is bird flu so bad right now?
Oct., 2022
The effects of overturning Roe v. Wade in seven simple charts
August, 2022
Heart disease after COVID: what the data say
August, 2022
The hunt for drugs for mild COVID: scientists seek to treat those at lower risk
July, 2022
New COVID drugs face delays as trials grow more difficult
June, 2022
How COVID has deepened inequality — in six stark graphics
June, 2022
COVID vaccine plus infection can lead to months of immunity
April, 2022
Vaccines protect against infection from Omicron subvariant — but not for long
March, 2022
Had Omicron? You’re unlikely to catch its rising variant.
Feb., 2022
Heart disease risk soars after COVID — even with a mild case
Feb., 2022
Weaving indigenous knowledge into the scientific method
Jan., 2022
For better science, increase Indigenous participation in publishing
Jan., 2022
Immunity against Omicron from breakthrough infection could be a matter of timing
Jan., 2022
Common antidepressant slashes risk of COVID death, study says
Oct., 2021
Eos
Can submerging seaweed cool the climate?
Jan, 2024
Diverse forests store more carbon than monocultures
Dec, 2023
Here’s how Artemis astronauts will navigate on the Moon
Nov, 2023
Passing planetary boundaries requires synergistic solutions
Oct, 2023
A massive landslide beheaded one of the world’s highest peaks
Aug, 2023
Collins Gameli Hodoli: Air quality is data driven
July, 2023
Frances Lightsom: Pivoting to information management
July, 2023
Sea ice is going, but when will it be gone?
June, 2023
Ten rivers facing pollution, development, and climate change — and policies that can help
April, 2023
Felt reports could shake up earthquake response
April, 2023
Welcome to a new era in geosciences data management
March, 2023
Conserving biodiversity could alter crop production
March, 2023
Boreal trees may grow faster due to climate change
February, 2023
Earth’s lower mantle is drier than previously thought
August, 2022
Hot springs suggest how the Tibetan plateau became the roof of the world
April, 2022
Scientists fight to keep lidar on the space station
April, 2022
Satellites reveal slow shift of the entire boreal biome
April, 2022
Which came first, the eruption or the landslide?
Feb., 2022
A hotter earth means stronger tornadoes
Dec., 2021
Collaboration in the rockies aims to model mountain watersheds worldwide
Sept., 2021
Munazza Alam: Searching for new worlds
Aug., 2021
A global monitoring system could change the future of climatology
Mar., 2021
Feedback loops of fire activity and climate change in Canada
Dec., 2020 — also featured in the AGU podcast Third Pod from the Sun
Boston Globe Magazine
Trees are more than scenery. They’re a social justice issue.
Feb., 2022
MIT Technology Review
Tiny faux organs could crack the mystery of menstruation
Aug., 2023
MIT vs. poop
Feb., 2023
A juicy story
Oct., 2022
Kites, balloons, and blueberries
Aug., 2022
The power of simple innovations
Oct., 2021
PNAS Front Matter
Mouse study sheds light on how the brain powers down
Jan, 2024
Sierra Magazine
NASA project helps researchers understand how the Arctic is responding to climate change
Jan, 2024
Smithsonian Magazine
Endangered wild dogs rely on diverse habitat to survive around lions
Aug., 2021
Audubon Magazine
The bird flu blazes on, amping up concerns for wildlife and human health
March, 2023
Storybench
How Nature visualized the impact of overturning Roe v. Wade
Sept., 2023