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“Best Shortform Science Writing”
Pleased to have an honorable mention in this list of Best Short-form Science Writing!
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For Medium: What Makes Women Strong?
I’ve been working on this article for years (in my head), so it’s amazing to finally see it in print! This is for Medium’s new science section, “Elemental” and it’s about how women are just as physically strong as men, and maybe stronger. If you disagree, read through the science I put together here, and think…
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For Scientific American: 3D Printing for Organs
What a fascinating piece to research and report. From the article: “Would-be organ printers previously have been stymied by the complexity of certain organs. Our lungs and livers, for example, contain physically and biochemically entangled networks of blood vessels and airways (in the lung) or bile ducts (in the liver). Being able to recreate this…
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For Nat Geo: Wildlife Bridges!
For my first article National Geographic, a positive human-wildlife story! This story highlights a brand-new wildlife crossing on I90 east of Snoqualmie pass (my rainy-day pic, above) which unites animals from the north and south Cascades regions so their populations aren’t cut off from each other by a hazardous road. There are beautiful underpasses too. Read the story for more…
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For CNNTravel: Why Vacations Matter for Your Health
Travel is good for your health—mental and physical. I wrote about the research behind that simple, irrefutable fact.
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For Earther: Ancient Shipwrecks Are a Treasure Trove of Climate Data
My first article published in 2018, and one of my favorites to report on in 2017! “Thousands of sailors perished in stormy seas throughout the Caribbean in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. Surely they would never have guessed that their terrifying ends would help scientists in the future. But creative researchers have found a…
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For Marie Claire: A (Very) Personal Essay on Dating While Childfree
I’m thrilled this essay, about the years I dated in NYC as a childfree woman, found a home at Marie Claire.
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I’m the New Media Editor at the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute!
I’m happy to announce my new position at New Media Editor at The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute! (That’s a pic of me, on the right, with Marisa, the organization’s Community of Practice manager, on the left.) I’ve been working with the organization for a couple of months to determine if it’s a good…
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For Mental Floss: Fascinatingly Filthy Victorian London
The last piece I published in 2015 was also one of my favorites. I covered how a public health crisis in London, incorrectly attributed to miasma, ended up saving lives (even though the science was wrong!).
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I Started Contributing Regularly to Mental Floss: Two New Stories
In the latter part of 2015, I started contributing regular stories to Mental Floss’ Science vertical; here are a couple of examples: 6 Rules for Touching Humans Based on Science Do These Videos Show Trees “Breathing”?
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