“I like P values as much as the next scientist, but those are not the only values we need to talk about.” —Robin Wall Kimmerer, botanist and writer

To conduct science is to celebrate that in us which is focused, mathematical, linear, chronological and reductive. However, we Homo sapiens construct meaning out of networks that branch outward like the very neurons from which they are built. We comprehend through story and sensory experience, with emotion as well as intellect.

During my Master’s in Science Writing at MIT, I strove to rigorously explore science in ways that keep it surprising, miraculous, terrifying, and inescapably relevant. Here is some of my work for NOVA PBS, YES! Magazine, The Atlantic, and more:

Medical Research Has a Sex Problem

The lack of female subjects in research has life-altering health consequences for women.

NOVA PBS, 3054 words, Jul. 16, 2016

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Meet the Woman Who Pushed Massachusetts Toward the First Carbon Fee in U.S. History

Bill S. 1747 would redistribute money to citizens and local businesses, an idea supported by both conservative and liberal economists.

YES! Magazine, 3300 words, Jun. 28, 2016

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Why You Always Know Where Your Nose Is

Researchers identify the protein that allows you to successfully get popcorn to your mouth without removing your eyes from a movie screen.

The Atlantic, 721 words, Dec. 16, 2015

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El Nino Hangs Coral Out To Dry

Periodic winds strengthened by climate change leave corals in the western Pacific stranded above the water line.

Hakai Magazine, 536 words, Nov. 5, 2015

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Community Seeking Fossil Fuel Divestment Finds Welcoming Tone From President

MIT students, faculty and community members call on President Reif and the MIT Corporation to divest its $13.5 billion endowment from fossil fuels.

Cambridge Day, 634 words, Oct. 29, 2015.

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How Ants Respond To Predators Suggests Superorganism Capabilities

New research on how ant colonies respond to predators puts the definition of super-organism back under the microscope.

PBS NOVA Next, 667 words, Dec. 1, 2015