Plants for the People

Scientists are figuring out amazing new ways that plants can help: providing vaccines, electricity, even explosive detection.

Muse Magazine, September 2012

The Best Fruit You’ve Never Eaten

Why the cherimoya, one of the most popular fruits in Latin America, is hard to find in the US, and what scientists and breeders are doing to change that.

Muse Magazine, Nov/Dec 2011

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Should Robots Have Faces?

Ask Magazine, September 2011

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Engineering the Climate

Scientists are investigating engineering solutions to deal with climate change.

Muse Magazine, April 2010

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Math Made Visual

Fordham University’s Annalisa Crannell teaches the intersection of math and art.

Muse Magazine, February 2011

How Are We Different?

What does the latest research tell us boys’ and girls’ intelligence and abilities?

ASK Magazine, May 2008

Scientists in the Field

How scientists are borrowing tools across disciplines, to surprising outcomes.

ASK Magazine, 2009

Asian Elephants

The close relationship between humans and elephants in Asia stretches back thousands of years.

ASK Magazine, November 2007

The Case of the Disappearing Bees

ASK Magazine, September 2008

Water Power

Ocean waves can knock you down – and they may also provide one of the energy sources of the future.

ASK Magazine, April 2007

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Light-emitting Diodes

How new technologies in lighting are transforming our lives.

Science News for Kids, September 2008

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Tiger Researcher

Indian researcher Ullas Karanth has dedicated his life to protecting the giant cats in his home country, and around the world.

ASK Magazine, January 2007

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Snake Oil

The phrase is used to mean anything fake, but those original snake oil salesmen may have been on to something.

YES Magazine, 2008

Food and Acne

Does we eat affect our skin?

YES Magazine, 2008

Cone Snail Power

Researchers are unlocking the secrets of cone snail venom.

ASK Magazine, January 2008

A Frog in Your Throat

Scientists discovered frogs in Australia with amazing abilities: they vomit their young.

Muse Magazine, April 2007

Follow the Dragonfly

How do you track the movements of tiny dragonflies, and what can we learn from this? Scientist Martin Wikelski has an answer.

ASK Magazine, March 2007

Dino Builders

Scientists use many techniques to reconstruct dinosaur appearances – but they sometimes get it wrong.

Boys Life, October 2001

Boys Life, October 2001

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A Moose in the Bathroom

Fiction about a young girl’s move to the woods of Maine and her first encounter with a moose. Published in Spider Magazine, and republished on the web, in school textbooks, and translated into Spanish.

Spider, June 1998

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Fancy Shawl Dancer

First-person account of a young Native American dancer on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.

U*S*Kids, December 1995

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Turtle Tracker

Profile of turtle researcher Wallace J. Nichols.

Ranger Rick, August 2003

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Hot- vs. Cold-blooded

Why we shiver, why we sweat, and how we’re different from cold-blooded creatures.

Scientific American Explorations, Summer 2000

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