On Call in the Wild
for DiscoverPublished: April 2014
Wilderness physician Matt Lewin has traveled to the nether reaches of the planet to treat scientists in the field.
Why can’t mexico make science pay off?
for Scientific AmericanPublished: October 2013
The nation is poised to explode into the information economy— and yet stubbornly refuses to do so
What Is That Smell?
for NaturePublished: October 2008
Jacek Koziel is a master of odours. On an pig farm in Iowa, he shows Erik Vance some of the peaks and troughs of life as a human detector.
Inherit the Wind
for DiscoverPublished: December 2010
JoeBen Bevirt is building an inventive, flying turbine in a bold bid to make wind power practical.
Why Nothing Works
for DiscoverPublished: July 2014
Once dismissed as a psychological curiosity, the placebo effect is now recognized as the key to the brain’s “inner pharmacy.” If only doctors knew how to open the medicine cabinet.
Do you want a 20-second warning?
for San Francisco MagazinePublished: October 2008
If we adopted UC Berkeley seismologist Richard Allen’s breakthrough earthquake alarm system, your cell phone and laptop could alert you to the Big One before the shaking begins. Tell that to the powers that be.
Emptying the World’s Aquarium (Spanish Version)
for Harper's MagazinePor Erik Vance (Puedes compartir este artículo. Si lo haces, sólo te agradecería avisarme antes en erik@erikvance.com y citarme en los créditos como Erik Vance.)
Al igual que la mayoría de los pescadores locales en Kino, un tranquilo pueblo de Sonora a mitad de la parte oriental del Mar de Cortez, Ernesto Acuña …
Emptying the World’s Aquarium
for Harper's MagazinePublished: August, 2013
The dismal future of the global fishery