Emily Anthes

2011

“Made Whole: Designed for animals, these advanced prosthetics could also help get human amputees moving again.” Wired. October 2011.

“Stem-Cell Therapy Works Wonders for Race Horses; Are Human Treatments Next?” Popular Science. June 14, 2011.

“Who Are You?” A review of Hannah Holmes’s new book, Quirk. Wilson Quarterly. Spring 2011.

“Accounting for Taste: Why is a mouth-watering delicacy to some a serving of slop to others?” Psychology Today. January/February 2011.

“The Bad Daddy Factor: Drinking, smoking, taking prescription meds or failing to eat a balanced diet can influence the health of men’s future children.” Miller-McCune. January/February 2011.

2010

“Their Pain, Our Gain: You’ve heard that misery enjoys company. Enjoying others’ misery does, too.”
Scientific American Mind. November/December 2010.

“Inside the bullied brain: The alarming neuroscience of taunting.” The Boston Globe. November 28, 2010.

“The Genome of Your Thanksgiving Supper.” Discover. November 22, 2010.

“Dads Get Blue, Too: The problem of postpartum depression in fathers.” Slate. November 4, 2010.

“Swing the Vote: The curious science of ballot-casting.” Psychology Today. November/December 2010.

“Getting ahead of trouble: Early detection of mental illness may keep it from spiraling out of control.” The Boston Globe. Sept. 6, 2010.

“It’s So Loud, I Can’t Hear My Budget! Caveat Emptor: Loud environments encourage spending.” Psychology Today. September/October 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.

“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.

“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.

“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.

“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.

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.

“Revolutionary Minds: The Re-envisionairies.” SEED. 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.

“How Do You See This Glass? Most people answer ‘half full,’ and scientists are now exploring why optimism is so prevalent.” The Boston Globe. June 2, 2008.

“Sex and the Country. Forget New York. Samantha should move to the sticks.” Slate. May 29, 2008.

“Revolutionary Minds: The Designers.” SEED. March/April 2008.

“Is the Nastiness of ‘The Real Housewives’ Contagious?” New York. April 21, 2008.

“Are Immune System Molecules Brain-Builders–And Destroyers?“ Scientific American. March 3, 2008.

“E-noses Could Make Diseases Something to Sniff at.” Scientific American. January 11, 2008.

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. 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. 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. 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.” SEED. August 29, 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.” SEED. July 18, 2006.

“Dating Books with Biology: A geneticist uses an algorithm for speciation to solve mysteries of undated editions of hand-printed books.” SEED. July 7, 2006.

“‘Lab Chickens’ Challenge Lab Mice: How a new technique to create transgenic chickens could have us cracking eggs for the next miracle cure.” SEED. June 12, 2006.

“The Ties that Bind: Genetic studies are providing a clearer picture of how early people spread across the globe. The same technology is helping individuals gain insights into their family trees.” The Boston Globe. February 20, 2006.

2005

“When researchers are the guinea pigs: Should scientists be allowed to continue studying themselves?” The Boston Globe. December 12, 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.