I contributed an op-ed to the July 29, 2011 issue of the nationally-acclaimed Chicago Tribune, hailed as the “World’s Greatest Newspaper”. The article explores the generational gap encouraged by modern technology. (Online edition link available HERE)
My spotlight on an anthropology project excavating a burned-down hippy commune in the January 7, 2011 issue of Current Science magazine (formally an imprint of Weekly Reader, under the umbrella of Reader’s Digest). The article focuses on the work of Breck Parkman, who challenges common stereotypes of the hippy movement through modern anthropology. (Only available in PRINT)
This feature article on Cro-Magnon societies was published in the December 10, 2010 issue of Current Science magazine (formally an imprint of Weekly Reader, under the umbrella of Reader’s Digest). The article explains how Cro-Magnon humans were able to out-compete their prehistoric rivals, the Neanderthals. (Only available in PRINT)
My feature on Grant Imahara, a host of the show Mythbusters, published in the March 12, 2010 issue of Current Science magazine (formally an imprint of Weekly Reader, under the umbrella of Reader’s Digest). The article explains how Imahara became interested in science, and reveals how he ended up on the popular t.v. show, Mythbusters. (Only available in PRINT)
A feature story about a Brooklyn-based bicycle company that holds workshops that teaches patrons to build their own bamboo bikes, published in the February 4, 2011 issue of Current Science magazine (formally an imprint of Weekly Reader, under the umbrella of Reader’s Digest). (Only available in PRINT)
A spotlight on “Team Eagle,” a group working to break the land-speed record, published in the February 26, 2010 issue of Current Science magazine (formally an imprint of Weekly Reader, under the umbrella of Reader’s Digest). The article defines the physics principles involved in breaking the sound barrier. (Only available in PRINT)
A breaking news story on the discovery of sediba, a fossil some anthropologists believe may be a new species that is a distant ancestor to humans, published in the March 9, 2012 issue of Current Science magazine (formally an imprint of Weekly Reader, under the umbrella of Reader’s Digest). (Only available in PRINT)
An investigative look at internet connections around the world, and how the U.S. is falling behind in internet connection speed, published in the January 13, 2012 issue of Current Science magazine (formally an imprint of Weekly Reader, under the umbrella of Reader’s Digest). (Only available in PRINT)
My story on Ben Gulak, inventor of the “UNI”, which was named as one of the top inventions in Popular Science in 2008, published in the April 15, 2011 issue of Current Science magazine (formally an imprint of Weekly Reader, under the umbrella of Reader’s Digest). The article profiles how young entrepreneur with a background in S.T.E.M. challenges the stereotype of engineers, scientists, and “nerd” careers. (Only available in PRINT)
A career spotlight on young, female geologist Kelly Wiseman, who studies the fault line in the Mentawai region, published in the April 13, 2012 issue of Current Science magazine (formally an imprint of Weekly Reader, under the umbrella of Reader’s Digest). Wiseman’s groundbreaking work revealed 3 undocumented underwater earthquakes. (Only available in PRINT)