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Early Warnings of Terrible Earthquakes Appear High in the Sky, a New Theory Says
for Scientific American
Published: October, 2018
The best early warnings of a big disaster may appear 180 miles above the ground, a controversial new theory says
An Ocean Apart
for Virginia Quarterly Review
Published: Spring 2015
Can two forces threatening the sustainability of sharks—the fishermen of Mexico and consumers in China—help the fish survive?
Outsmarting the CERNageddon
for Nuatilus
Published: August 2013
Physics: Can the Large Hadron Collider spawn black holes at full power? CERN investigates.
Hugh and the Boobies
for Hakai Magazine
Published: April 22, 2015
Like characters in a soap opera, boobies on a remote Mexican island cheat, kill, and jostle for power.
Feeding the Billions
for Scientific American
Published: April 2015
How a small group of visionaries are trying to feed China—and save the world's oceans.
Losing Maya Heritage to Looters
for National Geographic
Published: August 8, 2014
Stolen artifacts are making it from the Guatemalan jungle to wealthy black-market buyers.
Wind power: Clean energy, dirty business?
for The Christian Science Monitor
Published: January 26, 2012
Like the oil drilling rig that became an icon of the Industrial Age, the giant, spinning wind turbinehas become a global image of clean power.
Gods of Blood And Stone
for Scientific American
Published: July 2014
Long cloaked in mystery, the ancient Teotihuacán culture is at last giving up its secrets.
On Call in the Wild
for Discover
Published: April 2014
Wilderness physician Matt Lewin has traveled to the nether reaches of the planet to treat scientists in the field.