Feature Articles
John Donohue isn’t afraid to make you mad, Stanford Magazine, September 2018
An evolving view of cancer, Stanford Medicine, Winter 2017
What your wearable knows, Stanford Medicine, Winter 2017
Diagnose this, Stanford Medicine, Fall 2016
TB crush, Video gamers help develop a better test for tuberculosis, Stanford Medicine, Fall 2016
Overflowing lives, How urinary incontinence changes us, Stanford Medicine, Spring 2016
Target: Health Stanford’s vision for keeping us well, Stanford Medicine, Winter 2016; CASE Gold Award in Research, Medicine, and Science News
The fine art of computer gaming, UC Santa Cruz’s Inquiry, 2015
No way to stop human population growth?, Science, October 2014
Ultraviolet light sends soothing cells to CNS, Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Forum, July 2014
Beyond reasonable doubt: the vitamin D piece of the MS puzzle, Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Forum, March 2014
“Oncology: Getting physical” Nature, 22 November, 2012
“The interpretation of genes” Natural History, September-October, 2002
“It’s the ecology, stupid!” Nature, 18 July, 2002
“Female primatologists confer—without men,” Science, 28 September 1990
“Plumbing the deathly depths of the California pitcher plant,” Pacific Discovery, April, 1985 (Co-authored with Shaheed Naeem, PhD)
“Fish, fatty acids, and physiology,” Science News, October 19, 1985
(Early feature article on omega-3 fatty acids)
News You Can Use
At home when a debris flow strikes: There is hope, San Lorenzo Valley Post, January 2021
How to Survive a Landslide, Lifehacker, December 2020
How to make your home as energy efficient as possible, Lifehacker, January 2019
How to prepare your home for the effects of climate change, Lifehacker, November 2018
News Releases
Common prostate cancer treatment linked to later dementia, Stanford Medicine News, October 2016; CASE Gold Award in Research, Medicine, and Science News
Blood test could transform tuberculosis diagnosis, Stanford Medicine News, February 2016; CASE Gold Award in Research, Medicine, and Science News
News from the Santa Fe Institute
Bridging the Dogma Divide in the Origins of Life, Parallax, Spring 2022
Did animals rise with oxygen? Parallax, Spring 2018
Three of many news briefs written between 2017 and 2022 for Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Protecting outdoor workers from intensifying heatwaves, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2022
Santa Ana Winds 90210, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, March 2020
Climate change affecting workers’ health and regional GDP, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, November 2017