Favorite articles

(my own favorites, that is)

 
Law of the Jungle

Marc van Roosmalen is one of the most famous biologists in the Amazon. Now he’s looking at 14 years in prison for biopiracy.

Wired, June, 2008

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 Ski Genius

Has a surfer-snowboarder who lives in a van rewritten physics? Maybe.

Outside, May 2008

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Déjà Vu, Again and Again

People with a syndrome called déjà vecu spend much of their time living through experiences they are convinced have happened before. Researchers think the phenomenon may be a clue to some of the enduring mysteries of memory.

The New York Times Magazine, July 2, 2006

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The Zombie Hunters

On the trail of cyberextortionists

The New Yorker, October 10, 2005

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The Crusade Against Evolution

In the beginning there was Darwin. And then there was intelligent design. How the next generation of “creation science” is invading America’s classrooms.

 Wired, October 2004


I'm Evan Ratliff, a freelance journalist and writer for Wired, The New Yorker, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications.

with story tips, suggestions, complaints.