Foam Alone
for Scientific AmericanPublished: April 18, 2011
An obscure California law effectively sets flammability standards for foam in the nation's furniture, but proposed new legislation claims flame retardants don't prevent fires and could have negative health impacts
An Open Letter to Yosemite National Park
for The Last Word on NothingA national park in crisis, a crippling disease, and a yappy little dog.
Cocaine Is Evil
for SlatePublished: December 2013
The gruesomeness of the drug trade rivals any atrocities in history.
Pictures and Prose: When photographers and writers work together
for The Open NotebookI ask a roundtable of writers, editors and photographers to discuss the value of teaming up and how they make it work.
Poison Nil: Snake and Scorpion Antivenoms Set for First Update in 60 Years
for Scientific AmericanPublished: October 11, 2012
On a dark night in the late '80s Alejandro Alagón was working in his garden near Cuernavaca
Neither the Maya Calendar–nor the World–Ends on December 21, 2012
for Scientific AmericanIt's a bright summer day at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
The Most Dangerous Volcano in North America
for The Last Word on Nothing and Slate.comPublished: July 23, 2013
When you live in Mexico, you get used to people in other countries thinking you are in a war-zone sort of apocalypse state. If it’s not narcos, it’s earthquakes, kidnappers, or chupacabras. These days, the thing for