Bacteria devoured methane from Gulf spill (0)
1/15/11 •
Hungry microbes ate nearly all of the methane spewed by the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, I report in this piece for the Washington Post.
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Invasive insects threaten trees, forest (0)
12/12/10 •
Invasive insects, like this emerald ash borer, have destroyed tens of millions of trees in the United States. In a piece for the Washington Post, I track the bugs and call into question USDA regulations meant to stem the tide of tiny invaders.
The Brain Fixer (0)
8/18/10 •
Call it the brain fixer: A potent growth factor that could reverse stroke, interrupt addiction, and halt Parkinson’s disease. But getting it into the brain has proved challenging. In this feature for Nature, I explore new technology for sneaking this growth factor, GDNF, into the brain.
Machupo Hunter (0)
8/05/10 •
My profile of a young scientific superstar, Jonathan Abraham, appears in the August HHMI Bulletin. Abraham tackles a deadly, emerging South American virus, machupo.
Can the Peace Drug Help Clean up the War Mess? (0)
4/21/10 •
I recently attended psychedelic medicine’s coming out party- a meeting of 1100 researchers and enthusiasts in San Jose, Calif. – and found the early data on MDMA (‘Ecstasy’) as an adjunct to talk therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder pretty compelling. Scientific American ran my piece on the study, which features a vet who says the therapy eliminated his PTSD symptoms.
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- HIV Vaccine Efforts Inch Forward
- At the Cloning Circus, Sideshows Abound
- I’m moving…
- Another BBC Appearance
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