The Field Medic
for NaturePublished: July 2010
When emergencies happen in remote settings, field researchers can be left with little recourse. Erik Vance meets a man trying to change that.
The Quest to Solve the Hardest Math Problem in History (and the Minds That Were Lost Along the Way)
for Mental FlossThe Quest to Solve the Hardest Math Problem in History (and the Minds That Were Lost Along the Way)
Truly Gross Anatomy
for NaturePublished: April 2008
Sometimes it is necessary to immerse yourself in a subject. Erik Vance meets a woman whose research takes her deep — waist-deep — into cetacean anatomy.
The New School of Fish
for San Francisco MagazineThe Bay Area’s smartest diners, chefs, and purveyors now know (and care) where every cut of grass-fed beef and stalk of pesticide-free produce comes from. Yet nearly all
Neuroscience: Shooting pain
for NaturePublished: October 28, 2009
Sean Mackey inflicts pain on people in the hope of learning how to relieve it. Erik Vance gets on the receiving end.
The Science of Hard Knocks
for The Chronicle of Higher EducationPublished: June 15, 2007
Concussions are on the rise in college sports and striking numbers of female athletes are at risk.
The ‘wind rush’: Green energy blows trouble into Mexico
for The Christian Science MonitorThe Isthmus of Tehuantapec, Mexico's narrowest point, is a powerful wind tunnel of
Dolphin Desperados
for DiscoverPublished: September 07, 2011
In the escalating war over dolphin rights, two pioneers in the study of cetacean consciousness have sacrificed their decades-old friendship for their beliefs.