Recent Articles
A small sample of DNA is all it takes to find out what the future holds for your health. But do you want to know?
Men’s Journal, August, 2008
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
Has a surfer-snowboarder who lives in a van rewritten physics? Maybe.
Outside, May 2008
Tainted Products and Choking Pollution Spark Anxiety Around the Globe
Discover, January 2008
Rare Mummified Dinosaur Unearthed
Wired News, December 2, 2007
Q&A: Zillow’s Rich Barton on Real Estate, AI, and Basement Floods
Wired, December 2007
The Plant That Will Save America
Made from cheap, fast-growing grasses, cellulosic ethanol could cure our addiction to oil. But first scientists have to break down one of nature’s strongest molecules.
Wired, October 2007
How Google Maps is changing the way we see the world.
Wired, July 2007
HIV, Ebola, SARS–many of the world’s most horrifying diseases are caused by animal viruses that made the jump to humans. Now a UCLA scientist thinks he can stop the next pandemic before it even starts.
Wired, May 2007
The Discover Interview: Paul Allen
The cofounder of Microsoft, one of the richest people in the world, is throwing his fortune at science ventures that would make Jules Verne and Stanley Kubrick proud.
Discover, April 2007
Jeff Hawkins created the Palm Pilot and the Treo. Now he says he’s got the ultimate invention: software that mimics the human brain.
Wired, March 2007
Pragmatic presents that suit our times.
ReadyMade, Dec/Jan 2006-7