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NEWS & FEATURES
The Atlantic. An Unexpected Window Into the Trump Campaign.
September 20, 2024.
Scientific American. Ultrasound Brain Stimulation Boosts Mindfulness.
The Atlantic. The Plan to Take Down the Hyde Amendment.
August 19, 2024.
Scientific American. Should Insurance Cover Wegovy, Ozempic and Other New Weight-Loss Drugs?
October 16, 2023.
Scientific American. Some Metals Mysteriously Heal Their Own Cracks.
Scientific American. What's the World's Oldest Language?
August 24, 2023.
Scientific American. Neuroscientists Re-create Pink Floyd Song from Listeners’ Brain Activity.
August 15, 2023.
Scientific American. How Advocates Pushed Big Pharma to Cut Tuberculosis Drug Prices.
Scientific American. First Pill for Postpartum Depression Approved.
Scientific American. Six Ways to Stay Safe Outdoors in Extreme Heat.
Scientific American. Why Maternal Mortality Rates Are Getting Worse across the U.S.
Scientific American. Time Flowed Five Times Slower Shortly after the Big Bang.
Scientific American. Can Your Body’s Response to Music Predict Hit Songs? A New AI Study Claims It Can.
June 30, 2023.
Scientific American. One Year After Dobbs, Abortion Bans Are Harming Reproductive Care, Ob-Gyns Say.
June 23, 2023.
Scientific American. A Common Diabetes Drug May Prevent Long COVID in Some People.
June 22, 2023.
Harvard Public Health. How Indigenous Knowledge may shape the future of US policy
June 5, 2023.
Smithsonian Magazine. Can a ‘Fingerprint’ of Your Brain Help Predict Disorders?
March 24, 2023.
Harvard Public Health. Meet six women fighting to stop the global backslide on women’s rights.
March 8, 2023.
Discover Magazine. How Your Brain’s “Fingerprints” Could Diagnose Disease.
November 23, 2022.
Data-Driven Fiction. Machine learning is emerging as a new creative tool for artists. Will it replace its creator?
Healthline. Send A Letter, Save A Life: Suicide Prevention Through Caring Contacts.
October 3, 2022.
The Guardian. Can magic mushrooms be used to treat racial trauma?
March 28, 2022.
Harvard Political Review. Defining Domestic Terrorism: Does the U.S. Need New Criminal Penalties for Domestic Terrorism Events?
June 4, 2021.
EDITORIALS, INTERVIEWS, AND BOOK REVIEWS
Scientific American. Book Review - How Our Love for Citrus Shaped the Modern World.
October 15, 2024.
APA Monitor. Melissa Smith, PhD, helps workplaces embrace AI.
September 1, 2024.
Scientific American. Book Review - How a Group of Women Launched Modern Cosmology
August 20, 2024.
Scientific American. Book Review - The Garden Against Time.
May 14, 2024.
Scientific American. Book Review - The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity.
March 19, 2024.
Scientific American. Book Review - Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean.
March 1, 2024.
Scientific American. Book Review - Dead in Long Beach, California: A Novel.
January 1, 2024.
Scientific American. A Black Physician Takes on Racism in Medicine.
November 20, 2023.
Teen Vogue. Grad School Exams Should be Pass/Fail, Including the MCAT, GRE, and GMAT.
September 6, 2023.
Scientific American. Better Ways Than BMI to Measure Obesity.
July 5, 2023.
Harvard Public Health. Navigating the slow current: overcoming challenges in water sustainability
June 6, 2023.
Harvard Public Health. The invisible minority: how anti-Roma racism fuels health disparities.
April 25, 2023.
Undark Magazine. Birth Control Access May Get Easier. Here's Why It's Not Enough.
February 9, 2023.
Harvard Political Review. “ABGs”, Affirmative Action, and Anti-Blackness in the Asian American community.
March 22, 2021.
OTHER WRITING
Scientific American. Science News Briefs from around the World: October 2023
October 1, 2023.
Scientific American. Here's How AI Can Predict Hit Songs With Frightening Accuracy. (Podcast).
Medium. Welcome to The Mouse House: where do scientists get mice for their experiment?
2022.
Medium. Sorrow Before Joy: Student with Tourette Syndrome becomes national ambassador and advocates in D.C.
2021.
The Hoofbeat. Hard Hat, Hard Questions: Students spark dialogue about diversity of age-old school spirit tradition.
2019.
The Hoofbeat. The Last Breath
2019.
The Hoofbeat. Leveling Inequality: Omaha organization and the Learning Community offer student resources for success.