Articles
& Essays
SCIENTIST
AT WORK: CLAUDIUS CONRAD, A MUSICIAN WHO PERFORMS WITH A
SCALPEL
New York Times, 20 MAY 2008
TO DISCLOSE OR
NOT TO DISCLOSE:
A renowned radio show's conflict-of-interest blunder
underscores the need for
transparency
Columbia Journalism Review, 21 May 2008
An
Omnidirectional Treadmill Means One Giant Leap for
Virtual Reality
WIRED, June 2008
THE
WILD SALMON DEBATE: or Why I Swore Off the Farmed
Stuff
Eating Well, March/April 2008
ERIC KANDEL: From Mind to
Brain and Back Again
Scientific American Mind, Oct/Nov 2007
THE GREGARIOUS BRAIN: The genetic and
evolutionary roots of sociability
New York Times Magazine, 8 July 2007
THE PAIN GATE: A rare disorder
opens a window on pain
Scientific American Mind, April/May 2007
HOW TO BE A GENIUS: It really is 99 percent
sweat
New Scientist, 15 September 2006
TURNING OFF DEPRESSION: Profile of
neurologist Helen Mayberg
Scientific
American Mind, August/September 2006
FORENSICS UNDER FIRE: DNA'S accuracy puts
traditional forensics on trial
Popular Mechanics, July 2006
A REVEALING REFLECTION: Mirror neurons,
talk, walk, and culture
Scientific American Mind, April 2006
A DEPRESSION SWITCH? An experimental
brain surgery raises hope, and lots of
questions
New York Times Magazine, 2 April 2006
AVIAN FLU: Tracking the Spread in Wild
Birds
Audubon, March 2006
SUNKEN TREASURES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN:
Mapping Bronzes Age Trade Routes
New Scientist, 04 March 2006
MASTERY OF EMOTIONS: Joseph LeDoux and the
Discovery of Fear
Scientific American Mind, Feb/March 2006
TRIAL AND ERROR: How scientific-journal
peer review allows fraud, error, and a bit of
hubris
New York Times Magazine, 15 January 2006
Run-AMC: Why Advanced Market Commitments
for vaccines are being oversold
Slate, 29 December 2005
WHERE'S MY AVIAN FLU SHOT? The race to
make a vaccine for bird flu
Slate,
20 October 2005
KID POWER: How vaccinating schoolchildren
can save us all from the flu
Slate,
11 October 2005
BIG ANSWERS FROM LITTLE PEOPLE:
Psychologist Liz Spelke plumbs the depths of infant
cognition
Scientific
American Mind, October 2005
CHRISTOF KOCH'S QUEST: Chasing the neural
correlates of consciousness
Scientific American Mind, June 2005
BURIED ANSWERS: How the autopsy's death
harms medicine
New
York Times Magazine, 24 April 2005
FACT OR PHRENOLOGY? Medical imaging forces
the debate over whether brain equals mind
Scientific American Mind, April 2005
A FAULTLESS FIX FOR MALPRACTICE? A
Swedish model says Ja
Slate, 22 February 2005
BRAIN SCANS FOR SALE: As brain imaging
spreads to nonmedical uses, will commerce trump
ethics?
Slate, 25 January 2005
VBAC BACKLASH: Hospitals are forbidding
vaginal births to women who've had C-sections
Slate, December 2004
WHEN MEDICAL SCIENCE ISN'T: How Big
Pharma hides data on drug testing
Scientific American Mind, January 2004
THE PERILS OF SALMON
FARMING
Sierra, January 2000