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Aeon<\/a> | CNN<\/a> | Discover<\/a> | Gizmodo<\/a> | GOOD<\/a> | Hakai<\/a> | Marie Claire<\/a> |
Motherboard (VICE)<\/a> | National Geographic<\/a> | Nautilus<\/a> |
New Scientist<\/a> | New York Times<\/a> | PAW<\/a> | Quanta Magazine<\/a> | Science<\/a> | Scientific American<\/a> | Smithsonian<\/a> | Undark Magazine<\/a> | Wall Street Journal<\/a> | Washington Post<\/a> | WIRED<\/a><\/center>
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AEON MAGAZINE (PSYCHE)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\nWhat I learned about coping and resilience from asteroid Bennu<\/a> (Aug. 21, 2023)
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NEW YORK TIMES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\nPoison Frogs Have a Strange Behavior That Scientists Seek to Explain<\/a> (Feb. 17, 2024)
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Overlooked No More: James Sakoda, Whose Wartime Internment Inspired a Social Science Tool\u00a0 <\/a>(May 8, 2023)
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How About Them Apples? Research Orchards Chart a Fruit\u2019s Future<\/a> (Sept. 27, 2022)<\/p>\r\n

Do You Believe Scientists, or Your Dog\u2019s Crying Eyes?<\/a> (Aug. 22, 2022)<\/p>\r\n

Glowing Bacteria May One Day Protect People From Land Mines<\/a> (Jun. 21, 2021)<\/p>\r\n

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HAKAI MAGAZINE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\nIn Hot Water, Clownfish Grow Up Quick<\/a> (Sept. 20, 2023)<\/p>\r\nThe Coolest Library on Earth<\/a> (June 13, 2023)\r\n

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UNDARK MAGAZINE
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Book Review: How Motherhood Alters the Brain<\/a> (Oct. 28, 2022)<\/p>\r\n

Podcast: When Accents Speak Louder Than Words<\/a> (May 31, 2022)<\/p>\r\n

Book Review: The Molecules Behind Brain Diseases<\/a> (Feb. 11, 2022)<\/p>\r\n

To Learn How Covid Affects the Ear, Scientists Turn to Cadavers<\/a> (Jan. 6, 2022)<\/p>\r\n

Book Review: Lessons Learned From the Wayward Brain<\/a> (July 16, 2021)<\/p>\r\n

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WASHINGTON POST<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

In Italy\u2019s Dolomite Mountains, A Peak Experience for Hikers<\/a> (April 29, 2022)<\/p>\r\n

Chawne Kimber Quilts for Social Justice<\/a> (Dec. 23, 2020)<\/p>\r\n

Stress Over COVID Worsens OCD Symptoms In Some Kids<\/a> (Sept. 10, 2020)<\/p>\r\n

Scientists fight disease-carrying mosquitoes by letting them feed off their blood<\/a> (Aug. 23, 2020)<\/p>\r\n

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WIRED<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

An Inclusive, Cyberpunk Future Is In the Cards<\/a> (Feb. 2, 2021)<\/p>\r\n

How Old-School Text Adventures Inspired Our Virtual Spaces<\/a> (Jan. 14, 2021)<\/p>\r\n

They Found Community, and Then Love, in Online Games<\/a> (Dec. 1, 2020)<\/p>\r\n

Tech Confronts Its Use of the Labels \u2018Master\u2019 and \u2018Slave\u2019<\/a> (July 6, 2020)<\/p>\r\n

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QUANTA MAGAZINE
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Brain\u2019s \u2018Background Noise\u2019 May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries<\/a> (Feb. 8, 2021)<\/p>\r\n

Mitochondria May Hold Keys to Anxiety and Mental Health<\/a> (Aug. 10, 2020)<\/p>\r\n

Virginia Trimble Has Seen the Stars<\/a> (Nov. 11, 2019)<\/p>\r\n

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CNN<\/strong><\/span>

The following is a small sample of articles I wrote as a writer\/producer on staff at CNN Digital from 2008 to 2014:<\/em><\/p>\r\n

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Religious OCD: ‘I’m Going to Hell’<\/a> (May 31, 2014)<\/p>\r\n

Young Blood Makes Old Mice More Youthful<\/a> (May 5, 2014)<\/p>\r\n

How Your Brain Makes Moral Judgments<\/a> (Mar. 27, 2014)<\/p>\r\n

How Poverty Might Change the Brain<\/a> (June 13, 2013)<\/p>\r\n

His Other Car is on Mars<\/a> (Aug. 6, 2012)<\/p>\r\n

The Foer Questions: Literary Wunderkind Turns 35<\/a> (Mar. 5, 2012)<\/p>\r\n

Pieces of Crystal: Homeless and HIV-positive in Atlanta<\/a> (Nov. 30, 2011)<\/p>\r\n

On Pi Day, One Number ‘Reeks of Mystery’<\/a> (Mar. 12, 2010)<\/p>\r\n

Parents of Suicide Find ‘Immediate Bond’ in Each Other<\/a> (Mar. 9, 2010)<\/p>\r\n

Colliding with Nature’s Best Kept Secrets<\/a> (May 9, 2008)<\/p>\r\n

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DISCOVER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Physicists Discover a \u2018Quarky\u2019 Quintet<\/a> (Nov. 30, 2015)<\/p>\r\n

Batteries Safe Enough to Eat<\/a> (Apr. 30, 2015)<\/p>\r\n

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GIZMODO<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

I Had My First Kiss in GemStone III<\/a> (Sept. 30, 2020)

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GOOD
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This 11-Year-Old Knows Way More About Mammoths Than You<\/a> (Oct. 13, 2015)<\/p>\r\n

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MARIE CLAIRE
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‘I’m 33 and I’ve Never Been Kissed’<\/a> (May 26, 2016)<\/p>\r\n

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MOTHERBOARD (VICE)
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Peer Inside These Gemstones<\/a> (June 26, 2017)<\/p>\r\n

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
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How harnessing the powers of venom could lead to new medicines<\/a> (Sept. 8, 2021)<\/p>\r\n

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NAUTILUS
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We\u2019re All Math People<\/a> (Nov. 9, 2023)

\r\nAre All Brains Good at Math?<\/a> (Aug 31, 2022)<\/p>\r\n