Clips
(See clips arranged by publication.)
2010
“The Song That Could End Malaria.” GOOD. August 13, 2010.
“Soft-headed intellectuals: What the octopus is revealing about the nature of intelligence.” The Boston Globe. July 25, 2010.
“I, Robot.” Yale Alumni Magazine. July/August 2010.
“Profane Brain: The World of Taboo Words.” Psychology Today. July/August 2010.
“How to Be a Good Gossip.” Psychology Today. May/June 2010.
“Empowering Villagers to Save Infant Lives.” GOOD. June 8, 2010.
“She’s Hooked: The allure of alcohol, drugs and cigarettes ebbs and flows with a woman’s monthly cycle.’” Scientific American Mind. May/June 2010.
“Family Guy: Move over, ‘mommy brain.’ Men go through their own biological changes after a baby is born. But dads are programmed to challenge their kids, not coddle them.” Scientific American Mind. May/June 2010.
“Can an Aspirin a Day Do More Harm Than Good? Experts are re-evaluating who should swallow a daily dose.” AARP Bulletin. April 30, 2010.
“BP Agrawal Wins MIT Award for Appropriate Technology.” Popular Mechanics. April 28, 2010.
“Scientists Turn to Silk Strands for Surgery, Circuits.” Popular Mechanics. April 27, 2010.
“How Clean Is Our Water?” New York. April 19, 2010.
“Welcome to Outer (Head) Space: What can extreme environments teach us about weathering life’s ups and downs?” Psychology Today. April 2010.
“10 Bizarre-Looking Tricks of the Weather.” Discover. March 15, 2010.
“The Vita Myth: Do supplements really do any good?” Slate. January 6, 2010.
2009
“What a Pest: Why the Black Death still won’t die.” Foreign Policy. November 2009.
“How video games are good for the brain.” The Boston Globe. October 11, 2009.
“Debunking 5 Prevalent Swine Flu Myths.” Popular Mechanics. September 11, 2009.
“7 Next-Gen Bandages That Help Heal Wounds.” Popular Mechanics. August 20, 2009.
“Unfolding the mysteries of the brain.” The Boston Globe. August 3, 2009.
“Conservation Cuisine.” Discover. July 7, 2009.
“The Tricorder Arrives.” Seed. May 1, 2009.
“Building Around the Mind.” Scientific American Mind. April 2009.
“Mini Subs Unlock Mysteries Deep Below the Ocean’s Surface.” Scientific American. April 8, 2009.
“Climate Change Takes a Mental Toll.” The Boston Globe. February 9, 2009.
“Where Every Windmill Is a Gusher: Offshore.” Discover. February 2009.
“Is Baby’s Stress Inherited from the Parents?.” Scientific American Mind. February 2009.
“Gadgets, Materials and Gizmos, Oh My!” Popular Mechanics. January 29, 2009.
“16 Wild Materials You May Find in Future Products.” Popular Mechanics. January 29, 2009.
“The New White Meat: Raising Chicken Nuggets in a Petri Dish.” New York. January 11, 2009.
Instant Egghead Guide: The Mind. St. Martin’s Press. 2009.
2008
“Nomadic Hand-Me-Downs.” Discover. December 2008.
“Revolutionary Minds: The Game Changers.” Seed. December 2008.
“Discount Drugs: Meet America’s first nonprofit pharmaceutical company.” GOOD. November/December 2008.
“How We Multitask.” Yale Alumni Magazine. November/December 2008.
“Dressed for Distress.” Scientific American Mind. October 2008.
“The Birthplace of Lyme Disease.” Yale Alumni Magazine. September/October 2008.
“Revolutionary Minds: The Re-envisionairies.” Seed. August 2008.
“Avian Cooperation.” Scientific American Mind. August 2008.
“The New Nobels: Fred Kavli is finding–and funding–scientists who are solving the most complex puzzles in the universe.” GOOD. July/August 2008.
“Don’t Smoke, Don’t Drink. Do Eat Chocolate.” Yale Alumni Magazine. July/August 2008.
“Brain Power.” Yale Alumni Magazine. July/August 2008.
“Sliced: The Deadliest Animal.” Discover. July 2008.
“How Do You See This Glass? Most people answer ‘half full,’ and scientists are now exploring why optimism is so prevalent.” Boston Globe. June 2, 2008.
“Sex and the Country. Forget New York. Samantha should move to the sticks.” Slate. May 29, 2008.
“Recall of the Wild.” Discover. May 2008.
“If It Sounds Like Neuroscience, It Must Be True.” Yale Alumni Magazine. May/June 2008.
“Revolutionary Minds: The Designers.” Seed. March/April 2008.
“Is the Nastiness of ‘The Real Housewives’ Contagious?” New York. April 21, 2008.
“Brain Injury’s Toll.” Scientific American Mind. April 2008.
“Are Immune System Molecules Brain-Builders–And Destroyers?“ Scientific American. March 3, 2008.
“The Sound of Silence.” Scientific American Mind. February/March 2008.
“‘Til Death Do Us Part.” Scientific American Mind. February/March 2008.
“Ancient Finns Saved Energy By Skating.” Discover. February 7, 2008.
“E-noses Could Make Diseases Something to Sniff at.” Scientific American. January 11, 2008.
2007
“Chip Could Aid Cancer Detection.” The Boston Globe. December 31, 2007.
“US Cancer Researchers Go Abroad for Trials.” The Boston Globe. December 29, 2007.
“Holiday Goodies Also Spice up Waterways.” The Boston Globe. December 24, 2007.
“Revolutionary Minds: The Power Players.” Seed Magazine. November/December 2007.
“The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: When during the day should you take your medication? Good question.” Slate. November 1, 2007.
“Revolutionary Minds: The Ambassadors.” Seed Magazine. September/October 2007.
“Timing is Everything: Besides the one in the brain, biological clocks have been found all over the human body.” The Boston Globe. August 20, 2007.
“Stretch Marks for Dads: What fatherhood does to the body and the brain.” Slate. June 14, 2007.
“The Vanishing Act: The world’s habitable spaces are under pressure. For those evicted by environmental change or conflict, is there ever any going back?” Seed Magazine. March 2007.
2006
“The Battle Between Food and Fuel: Exploding demand for ethanol could inflate the price of food and threaten the world’s hungry.” SEEDMAGAZINE.COM. August 29, 2006.
“Men (and Sometimes Women) Lure Mates Creatively.” SEEDMAGAZINE.COM. August 17, 2006.
“Over the Moon: MIT researchers solve a 200-year-old Moon mystery.” SEEDMAGAZINE.COM. August 6, 2006.
“Computer-Animated Blonds Have More Fun: New photo mapping technique lets animators create convincing blond hair.” SEEDMAGAZINE.COM. August 4, 2006.
“The Human-Influenced Evolution of Dogs: Thanks to their domestication and favored pet status, dogs have enjoyed a genetic variability known to few other species.” SEEDMAGAZINE.COM. July 18, 2006.
“Dating Books with Biology: A geneticist uses an algorithm for speciation to solve mysteries of undated editions of hand-printed books.” SEEDMAGAZINE.COM. July 7, 2006.
“How Do Brains Filter Data? Salk Institute teams gain insight into how synapses separate important neural messages from background noise.” SEEDMAGAZINE.COM. July 5, 2006.
“Putting the Past in Front: Researchers discover a South American culture that travels backward through time.” SEEDMAGAZINE.COM. June 20, 2006.
“‘Lab Chickens’ Challenge Lab Mice: How a new technique to create transgenic chickens could have us cracking eggs for the next miracle cure.” SEEDMAGAZINE.COM. June 12, 2006.
2005
“When researchers are the guinea pigs: Should scientists be allowed to continue studying themselves?” The Boston Globe. December 12, 2005.
“Blogging classroom connects to parents.” The St. Petersburg Times. August 9, 2005.
“Student aid rule put under review.” The St. Petersburg Times. July 21, 2005.
“Cold War brings a hot auction.” The St. Petersburg Times. June 9, 2005.
2004
“DNA sequence in hand, dog geneticists aim to build a better pooch.” The Boston Globe. September 7, 2004.
2003
“Sea Water Found to Be Cleaner: More Coastal Beaches Meet Minimum Requirement Than Lakes.” The Wall Street Journal Europe. June 8, 2003.
“Sea Change: Tanner Casts A New Line of Material To Reel In Fashonistas.” The Wall Street Journal Europe. July 9, 2003.
