Please see links below for selected articles.
Food and Agriculture
Pollen and Heat: A looming challenge for global agriculture – Yale Environment 360 / Food and Environment Reporting Network, 2022
Can Countries Expand Agriculture without Losing Biodiversity? – BioScience, 2022
Not so vanilla: The mission to spice up our favourite flavour – New Scientist, 2021
How does a crop’s environment shape a food’s smell and taste? – Science News, 2020
This Would Be a Really Great Moment for Food Delivery Robots – Slate, 2020
Crop researchers harness artificial intelligence to breed crops for the changing climate– PNAS Front Matter, 2020
Universities move science labs to the kitchen– PNAS Front Matter, 2020
Scientists Are Fighting For The Stricken Pickle Against This Tricky Disease – NPR.org, 2018
Opinion: How I Learned To Face Food Waste And Plan Smarter – NPR.org, 2018
On Christmas Eve, Pass the Pierogi and the Memories – NPR.org, 2017
Vegetable breeders turn to chefs for flavor boost – PNAS Front Matter, 2017
‘What The Fluff?’ Celebrates A Century Of Peanut Butter’s Marshmallow Friend – NPR.org, 2017
Why Do Parrots (And People) Eat Clay? – NPR.org, 2017
How My Little Community Garden Plot Went From Flop To Flourish – NPR.org, 2017
Mozzarella Magic – NPR.org, 2017
This Modern Meadery Is Making Honey Wine Hip – With Hops – NPR.org, 2016
Meet Hing: The Secret-Weapon Spice Of Indian Cuisine – NPR.org, 2016
Water Ice, Philly’s Classic Summer Cooler, Gets Hot Across The Country – NPR.org, 2016
Slice, Dice, Chop Or Julienne: Does The Cut Change The Flavor? – NPR.org, 2016
Environment
Artists join paleobotanists to bring ancient plants to life – PNAS Front Matter, 2022
Expedition artists paint a picture of science exploration – PNAS Front Matter, 2021
Painting with invasive pigments – PNAS Front Matter, 2018
Arctic photographers bring climate change into focus – PNAS Front Matter, 2017
Predicting Phenotypes in a Changing Climate – BioScience, 2017
Phytoremediation advances in the lab but lags in the field – PNAS Front Matter, 2017
The Microbiome of Green Design – BioScience, 2016
Health
How “forever chemicals” might impair the immune system – PNAS Front Matter, 2021
Scientists want to build a Noah’s Ark for the human microbiome – Science News, 2020
The race to patch the human heart – PNAS Front Matter, 2018
Athletes Go For Gold With Red Spots Blazing – NPR.org, 2016
‘Nose-y’ Bacteria Could Yield A New Way To Fight Infection – NPR.org, 2016
Turning Down The Background Noise Could Help Toddlers Learn – NPR.org, 2016
What Puts The Waddle In The Walk Of Moms-To-Be? – NPR.org, 2016
How The Microbes Inside Us Went From Enemies To Purported Superhealers, A Q&A with author Ed Yong about “I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life” – NPR.org, 2016
Ecology and Evolution
Neuroscientists Reach for More Branches on the Tree of Life – BioScience, 2020
Cities serve as testbeds for evolutionary change – PNAS Front Matter, 2019
Journal entries, maps, and photos help ecologists reconstruct ecosystems of the past – PNAS Front Matter, 2018
Can microbes keep time for forensic investigators? – PNAS Front Matter, 2017
Can animal culture drive evolution? – PNAS Front Matter, 2017
Lizard gets to grips with city life by evolving stickier feet – New Scientist, 2016
Technology
Wearable tech meets tattoo art in a bid to revolutionize both – PNAS Front Matter, 2018
Can robots make good teammates? – PNAS Front Matter, 2018
Sentient architecture promises insight into our evolving relationship with AI – PNAS Front Matter, 2018
Science Careers
Biology Graduate Programs Educating Students for Life beyond Academia – BioScience, 2018
Musicians join scientists to explore data through sound – PNAS Front Matter, 2017
FOJBI: Meet Carolyn Beans, Roadside Scientist Turned Science Journalist – NPR.org, 2016
Confessions of a Herbarium-Savvy Field Biologist – American Scientist’s Macroscope Blog, 2015
Roadside Science – Nature, 2013
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