Cynthia Graber
print and radio journalist
Koji: The Science of a Delicious Mold
Cook’s Science, September, 2016
Why I Won’t Get the Genetic Test for Breast Cancer
Wired Magazine, September, 2016
Why MIT is Collecting Poop from Our Sewers,
Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, January, 2017
Why is the Government Spying on Mosquitoes?
The New Republic, November, 2016
The Problem With Precision Medicine
There’s a great deal of excitement about precision medicine, based on personal genetics. But what are some of the road blocks ahead?
The New Yorker, February 5, 2015
The Future of Agriculture May Be Too Small To See
How will we feed the world in the future? The answer may be microbes. (Short radio version of the much longer magazine story below.)
Aired on PRI’s The World, July 2014
The Next Green Revolution May Rely on Microbes
How will we feed the world in the future? The answer may be microbes. The story focuses on Ian Sanders and Alia Rodriguez, two scientists breeding root-loving fungi in a lab in Switzerland and growing them in the field in Colombia.
Published by NOVANext, June 2014
Electric Shock
Could the charges and voltages in our bodies be key to human regeneration? Read about how Tufts researcher Michael Levin is delving into and advancing a body of research that links back to the science that inspired Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Published by Matter, December 2012
Winner of the IOP-STFC International Physics Journalism Prize, January 2014
The Science of Eating Well (and avoiding fad diets)
I guest-host the Inquiring Minds podcast and interview Michael Pollan about the science of eating well, and about new research on the intelligence of plants.
Inquiring Minds Podcast, January 2014
Growing New Veins
This iconoclast injected life into artificial body parts: Yale University’s Laura Niklason recognized that body parts can’t grow without mechanical stress.
Nautilus Magazine, April 2014
The Million-Dollar Goat
One goat’s million dollar blood is fueling cancer research.
Fast Company’s FastCoExist.com, March 2014
What a Difference a Lightbulb Makes
People in developing countries are leapfrogging our 19th century technology.
Slate, November 2013
Data Visualization Aims to Changes the View of Global Health
By creating a new and innovative way to look at massive amounts of patient data worldwide, one man hopes he can change the way public health crises are managed.
BBC Future, June 2013
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name Cynthia Graber
location Somerville, Mass
Contact cynthiagraber@me.com
subjects science, environment, justice, food
