Below are some pieces I’m particularly proud of. Other outlets I’ve written for include Mashable, The Observer, Mental Floss, Architectural Record, Fatherly, SyFy Wire, Scienceline, and The American Gardener.
Popular Science
- Dark matter has never killed anyone, and scientists want to know why
- Red wine could hold the secret to staying buff on the moon
- This ‘chameleon theory’ explains things about gravity that Einstein couldn’t
- Astronomers just made one giant leap in solving a bizarre cosmic mystery
- Selling tickets to the space station is actually decades overdue
- A bizarre new theory connects supernovae explosions with humans’ ability to walk upright
- The Israeli moon crash reminds us that lunar landings are a pain in the butt
- The president wants NASA back on the moon by 2024—a risky and unrealistic request
- The ‘all-natural’ label on your LaCroix is meaningless, but that doesn’t mean the seltzer is bad for you
- Lab-grown pig lungs are great news for the future of organ transplantation
- The world agreed to ban this ozone killer years ago—but it looks like someone is making more
- Your forearm is a great place to grow a new ear
- Scientists just discovered a strange new DNA shape lurking in human cells
- A new study on concussions and Parkinson’s provides one more reason to protect your noggin
- Many heavy pot users suffer severe nausea—and they’ve all landed on the same weird solution
New York Magazine
The Verge
- An Academic Reported Sexual Harassment. Her University Allegedly Retaliated
- Jeffrey Epstein Liked Palling Around With Scientists — What Do They Think Now?
The Daily Beast
- Want to Go to Mars? First, Learn How to Hibernate
- Could Life Evolve on Mars?
- The Space Kingdom of Asgardia Christens Itself in Vienna
- Deadly Cashew Nut Oil Is Poised to Take On Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs
- Can Carbon Farming Reverse Climate Change?
- No, Oliver North—Ritalin Is Not Leading to School Shootings
- Astronauts Have a Superhuman Ability to Manage Stress
- How Testosterone Could Help Women Fight Multiple Sclerosis
- This Worm Can Express Three Sexes Simultaneously
- We Can’t Measure Pain. Is That Fueling the Opioid Crisis?
- This Universal Jab Will Make the Flu a Horrible, Distant Memory
Audubon
- Albatross Populations Suffer a Double Whammy of Human Activity
- Research Reveals Exactly Why Peregrine Falcons Are so Deadly
Slate
- Space Jam
- This Is the First Time in History a NASA Administrator’s Nomination Has Been Politically Fraught
- Did Ryan Zinke Give Florida an Offshore Drilling Exemption Because of Mar-a-Lago?
- It’s Surprisingly Easy to Lose a Satellite, Even One Worth Millions
- How Interesting Does Science Have to Be for the Public to Fund It?
- Hunting Coyotes in Cities Only Makes Coyote Populations Grow
- This Space for Rent
- Lifting the Ban on Elephant Trophies Will Probably Help Save Elephants
- How Did Scientists Discover a Massive Hole in the Great Pyramid?
- Could Trump Fund Science by Back-Channeling Military Investment?
- It Still Doesn’t Really Matter What A.I. Can Score on IQ Tests
- Donald Trump Should Stop Obsessing Over the Moon
Thrillist
Inverse
- The Man Who Could Make Interstellar Travel to Alpha Centauri Possible
- In the Future, Pop Hits Will Be Made by Machines
- I Went to Budapest’s Most Famous “Ruin Bar”
- How on Earth Does NASA Have a Spacesuit Crisis?
- Branding Experts: Despite SpaceX, NASA Is Still Beyoncé
- Martian Politics Are a Mess and We Haven’t Even Arrived
- Screw Aristotle — Terraforming Mars is the Right Thing to Do
- No One Wants to Live in My Simulation Space Colony
- Yes, California Really Could Launch Its Own Space Agency
- How Mike Pence and the National Space Council Will Govern the Cosmos
- The Rocket Scientist Who Woke the Stars
- Claudius Gros Is the Johnny Appleseed of Extraterrestrial Life
- What the Oldest Fossils On Earth Tell Us About Life on Mars
- Don’t Blame the Multiverse for Humanity’s Shortcomings
Wired
- Don’t Try This at Home: Making Lightning Bolts With Rockets
- Organ Banking: From Impossible to Slightly Less Impossible
- Nepal’s Recent Quakes Don’t Mean a Bigger One Isn’t Coming
- What the Oil Spill Off Santa Barbara Is Going to Kill
- Big Question: Why Does Booze Help Me Play Better Pool?
- Cuba Has a Lung Cancer Vaccine—And America Wants It
- The Science of Telemedicine: A Lifesaver in the Right Place
- Crowdfunded Science Is Here. But Is It LegitScience?
- No, These Biohackers Can’t Give Themselves Infrared Vision
- The Severe Challenges of Bringing Cyclone Relief to Vanuatu
- How Climate Change Will Alter New York City’s Skyline
Foreign Policy
- Innovations: Why The Future Of Search And Rescue Might Rely On This Drone
- Innovations: Why The Future Might Look A Lot Like ‘Minority Report’
- Innovations: How To Save 3 Billion Lives — By Just Adding Water
- Why Is Moscow Developing An Army Of Automated Insects?
- Innovations: The Little Engine That Can
IEEE Spectrum
- Malta Pilots Blockchain-Based Credentials Program
- Nobel Shocker: RCA Had the First Blue LED in 1972
- Brian Monks: Keeping Bogus Electronics Out of Consumers’ Hands
- Averting Space Doom: Solving the Orbital Junk Problem
- Malware Could Steal Data from iPhones Using Siri
- Jerobeam Fenderson’s Trippy Oscilloscope Music
