2023
“Model Village.” 99% Invisible, October 2023.
“Most Ambulances ‘Run Hot’ with Lights and Sirens Blaring. But That’s Starting to Change.” STAT News, July 2023.
“Eradicating Ableist Language Yields More-Accurate and More-Humane Journalism.” The Open Notebook, June 2023.
“Scientists Successfully Unfroze Rat Organs and Transplanted Them — A Historic’ Step That Could Someday Transform Transplant Medicine.” STAT News, June 2023.
“French People Are Fighting Over Giant Pools of Water.” The Atlantic, June 2023.
“Animals Are Dying in Droves. What Are They Telling Us?” The New Republic, May 2023.
“Lab-grown Blood Could (One Day, Maybe) Save Your Life.” Vox, April 2023.
“Hiccups Have a Curious Connection to Cancer.” The Atlantic, April 2023.
“‘They Were His Best Shot. And They Failed to Help’: Why Did EMS Workers Neglect Tyre Nichols?” STAT News, February 2023.
“The Cult of Bike Helmets.” Slate, January 2023.
2022
“This Artist’s Paint-Swatch Portraits Reveal the Beauty of Bird Plumage.” Audubon Magazine, December 2022.
“The Vibrant Colors of Hummingbirds Are More Impressive Than We’d Realized.” Audubon Magazine, December 2022.
“A French Village’s Radical Vision of a Good Life with Alzheimer’s.” The New Yorker, November 2022.
“How to Cultivate Narrative in Stories of All Lengths.” The Open Notebook, November 2022.
“The Double Life of An American Lake Monster.” WIRED, August 2022.
“‘Something Is Wrong Here.’ More Than 100 Local Residents Had Brain Tumors, but What Was the Cause?” The New York Times, August 2022.
“The Most Fascinating Birds Will Be the First to Go Extinct.” The New York Times, July 2022.
“Found: One Oak Tree, Famously Missing” The New Republic, July 2022.
“Should Humans Let Geese Be? Can We?” The Atlantic, May 2022.
“At small and rural hospitals, ransomware attacks are causing unprecedented crises.” STAT, April 2022.
“These Birds Aren’t Lost. They’re Adapting.” The New York Times, April 2022.
“Vaccine Hesitancy Has Seeped Into Home Health Care.” The Atlantic, February 2022.
“Mars mission could bring health benefits on Earth.” Nature Medicine, February 2022.
“‘A black box’: Emergency medics remain locked out of electronic health records.” STAT News, January 2022.
“Why We’ve Succumbed to Pandemic Apathy.” The New Republic, January 2022.
“What the omicron surge is like at an ICU in Miami and how treatments are helping.” Slate, January 2022.
2021
“The Strange Quest to Save North America’s Most Elusive Oak Tree.” The New Republic, December 2021.
“Injecting cancer patients with genetically engineered viruses could be a ‘rock star’ therapy. Why hasn’t it taken off?” STAT News, November 2021.
“This Eagle Is Very, Very Lost.” The New York Times, November 2021.
“Can an Untreated Urinary Tract Infection Really Cause Acute Psychosis?” Slate, November 2021.
“Red America’s Compassion Fatigue: A Report From Mobile, Alabama.” The New Republic, October 2021.
'“Komodo Dragons Are Now Endangered and ‘Moving Toward Extinction.’” The New York Times, September 2021.
“How patient data underpin COVID-19 research.” Nature Medicine, September 2021.
“These Could Be the Oldest Animal Fossils Ever Found, or Just Squiggles.” The New York Times, July 2021.
“‘There is a Real Cost’: As Covid Shows, Barring Bedside Visitors from ICU Deprives Patients of the Best Care.” STAT News, July 2021.
“Emergency Medicine’s Original Sin.” The Atlantic, July 2021.
“What It’s Like to Go Through a Britney Spears Situation Without Being Famous.” Slate, June 2021.
“Being Vaccinated Isn’t a Private Matter. It’s Everyone’s Business.” The New Republic, June 2021.
“This Tiny Creature Survived 24,000 Years Frozen in Siberian Permafrost.” The New York Times, June 2021.
“Maggot Evangelists Have a Simple Challenge to Overcome.” The Atlantic, June 2021.
“The World Bank Cut Funding to a Volcano Observatory Before a Deadly Eruption.” Vice News, June 2021.
“When Health Records Are Held Ransom, Patients Are Hardest Hit, and Last to Know.” STAT News, May 2021.
“The US Has Joined the Push to Waive COVID-19 Vaccine Patents.” Popular Science, May 2021.
“How Should Parents with Unvaccinated Kids Handle New Mask Guidelines?” Popular Science, May 2021.
“This Flat Pasta Turns Into 3-D Shapes — Just Add Boiling Water.” The New York Times, May 2021.
'“The Last Creature You’d Expect Left Mysterious Trails on the Ocean Floor.” The New York Times, April 2021.
“We vetted popular at-home COVID-19 tests. Here’s what we learned.” Popular Science, April 2021.
“The Weird Comfort of Getting Vaccinated at an Abandoned JC Penney.” The New Republic, April 2021.
“Could Souped-up Covid-19 Tests Be Our Shortcut to Tracking Variants?” STAT News, April 2021.
“Do Birds Know What They Look Like?” Slate, April 2021.
“Why We’re Obsessed Once Again with Covid-19’s Origin Story.” The New Republic, March 2021.
“How Dementia Locks People Inside Their Pain.” The Atlantic, February 2021.
“Law enforcement diversity may improve policing, study shows.” Associated Press, February 2021.
“Suspected hypothermia deaths in homes mount in Texas.” Associated Press, February 2021.
“‘New Chance at Life’ for Rare Face, Hands Transplant Recipient.” Associated Press, February 2021.
“U.S. Rushes to Catch Up in the Race to Detect Covid-19 Variants.” Associated Press, February 2021.
“It Spied on Soviet Atomic Bombs. Now It’s Solving Ecological Mysteries.” The New York Times, January 2021.
“Stewing Over Ratatouille.” We’ll Have To Pass, January 2021.
“Beetle keeps rivals off scent of food buried for offspring.” Associated Press, January 2021.
“Explainer: What Does It Mean to ‘Unmask’ Covid-19 Vaccine Trials?” Associated Press, January 2021.
2020
“An Elixir From the French Alps, Frozen in Time.” The New York Times, December 2020.
“U.S. One-Day Coronavirus Deaths Top 3,000 — More than D-Day or 9/11.” Associated Press, December 2020.
““I Wish People Could See What I Do”: Health Workers Struggle as Virus Surges.” Associated Press, December 2020.
“Why are some scientists turning away from brain scans?” Associated Press, December 2020.
“The Autopsy, a Fading Practice, Revealed Secrets of Covid-19.” Associated Press, December 2020.
“Gene-editing treatment shows promise for sickle cell disease.” Associated Press, December 2020.
“Why some people hear colors and taste words.” Popular Science, December 2020.
“Why do cats purr?” Popular Science, December 2020.
“Heading into holidays, US COVID-19 testing strained again.” Associated Press, November 2020.
“Experts Warn Cyberthreats Loom as Hospitals Cope with Covid -19 Surge.” Associated Press, November 2020.
“5 Plants We’ve (Mostly, Sort of) Lost Forever.” The New York Times, October 2020.
“What Mental Health Professionals Have Learned Six Months into Covid-19." Popular Science, October 2020.
“The Paradox of the Burmese Python.” The New Republic, October 2020.
“‘Big Pile’ of Eels Dumped in NYC Park.” Associated Press, October 2020.
“Is Trump Still Contagious? Experts Say It’s Impossible to Know.” Associated Press, October 2020.
“Celeb Crushes Are Keeping Us Sane.” Slate, October 2020.
“Ohio’s Whitest Home Newspaper.” CJR, September 2020.
“‘Mussel-bola’ Could Be Spreading. Maybe Now You’ll Pay Attention.” The New York Times, September 2020.
“Telemedicine Has Resurrected the House Call.” The Atlantic, August 2020.
“The (Booming) Business of Customized Weather Forecasts.” The New York Times, August 2020.
“The Devastation of Pandemic Cancer.” Elemental, August 2020.
“No One Has to Get Their Period Anymore.” The Atlantic, July 2020.
“America’s Last Line of First Response.” GEN, July 2020.
“The Patients Left Behind by Telemedicine.” WIRED, June 2020.
“These Lizards Are Right Where They Belong.” The New York Times, May 2020.
“Covid-19 is a Perfect Storm for ICU Delirium.” The Atlantic, May 2020.
“‘Addiction Waits for Moments Like This.’” Elemental, April 2020.
“Telemedicine is Not Enough.” Gizmodo, April 2020.
“Freshwater Mussels’ Mysterious Demise.” Undark, April 2020.
“A Spring Without Precedent.” Audubon, April 2020.
“When Coronavirus Closes Your Lab, Can Science Go On?” The New York Times, March 2020.
“An Ode to Nature’s Hotdogs.” Audubon, March 2020.
“What the Heck is a Haboob?” Popular Science, March 2020.
“What’s a snow squall?” Popular Science, February 2020.
“What’s a frost quake?” Popular Science, February 2020.
“Meet This New, Jellyfish-Friendly Robot.” Gizmodo, February 2020.
“‘Never Say Die’: Genetic Sleuths Rediscover Extinct Species.” The New York Times, February 2020.
“Reading the Past in Old, Pee-Caked Rat’s Nests.” The New York Times, February 2020.
“How the Aoudad Invaded Texas.” The Atlantic, January 2020.
“How Birds Tweak Their Tunes to Fit Their Surroundings.” Popular Science, January 2020.
“Simlish’s Surprisingly Scientific Origins.” Popular Science, January 2020.
2019
“This Carnivorous Plant Invaded New York. That May Be Its Only Hope.” The New York Times, August 2019.
“Menstrual Cups Were Invented in 1867. What Took Them So Long to Gain Popularity?” Popular Science, August 2019.
“This newly discovered leech lurked in plain sight for decades.” Popular Science, August 2019.
“What are algae blooms and why are they bad?” Popular Science, July 2019.
“The Trace We Leave: Climbing’s Impact on Crag Flora.” Climbing Magazine, July 2019.
“Medications could affect how you react to a heatwave.” Popular Science, July 2019.
“The Apollo moon rocks continue to reveal secrets of the cosmos.” Popular Science, July 2019.
“Modern medicine still needs leeches.” Popular Science, July 2019.
“A beginner’s guide to butterfly watching.” Popular Science, July 2019.
“After the dinosaurs died, lichens found a way.” Popular Science, July 2019.
“Today’s exotic pets are tomorrow’s invasive pests.” Popular Science, June 2019.
“Biologists discovered two new species of shrew rat, no thanks to peanut butter.” Popular Science, June 2019.
“Humans Can't Manage This Invasive Fly —But Mind-Controlling Fungi Might.” Popular Science, June 2019.
“America’s Been Rolling Back Natural Land Protections Since 1892—But Never Like This.” Popular Science, June 2019.
“Searching in Vein: A History of Artificial Blood.” Popular Science, May 2019.
“Can You Overdose On Weed?” Popular Science, May 2019.
“Five Reasons to Fall in Love With The Cockroach.” Scienceline, February 2019.
“Today’s Children Will Inherit A Climate-Changed Planet. Can They Handle It?” Scienceline, January 2019.