
Science Writing | Fact Checking | Microbiology
Science Writing
I have extensive experience reporting and writing stories about science and the people who do it.​​
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While my own scientific background is in biogeoscience, I write stories about interesting research in any field. I've reported on breakthroughs in medicine and astronomy, discoveries in neuroscience and agriculture, fundamental principles of physics, math, and evolution, and more.
The only subjects I do not cover in a journalistic capacity are the specific areas I am actively investigating as a primary researcher.​
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Check out a few examples of my work below!
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(For more stories from my time as a staff reporter at Science News, please see my author page on their site.)
News
Features and Profiles
How silicon turns tomatoes into mean, green, pest-killing machines​
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Bacteria use cool trick to make ice​
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Cancer killers send signal of success​
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Giant asteroid may have triggered deadly volcano eruptions
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Revamping the metric measure of mass
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​Gene therapy restores hearing in mice
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"Fast-forward genetics" induces mutations to produce higher-yielding crops
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Viva vagus: Wandering nerve could lead to range of therapies
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The human genome takes shape and shifts over time
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Solving the "Impossible Problem"
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Isaac Kinde: Finding cancer via altered genes
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For younger readers
This microbe thinks plastic is dinner​
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Dragons sleep like mammals and birds
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​Blowing bubbles for science​​​​​​
