Selected Writing

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Metascience

  • The harrowing lives of animal researchers

    Vox Highlight — March 3, 2025

  • What went wrong with autism research? Let’s start with lab mice.

    Vox — October 21, 2024

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Neuroscience & the mind

  • An old-fashioned grayscale illustration of a man's head, with a circuit board where his brain should be.

    How your brain changes when you outsource it to AI

    Vox — March 10, 2025

  • Dopamine, explained

    Vox — May 22, 2024

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Artificial intelligence

  • The most promising way to understand how AI works is by understanding the brain

    Vox — July 26, 2024

  • Can artists use their own deepfakes for good?

    Vox — June 5, 2024

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Public health

  • Should we think twice about fluoride?

    Today, Explained — September 3, 2024

  • We have a drug that might delay menopause — and help us live longer

    Vox — August 12, 2024

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Biology & biotechnology

  • The Earth is about to feast on dead cicadas

    WIRED — May 10, 2024

  • Turtles carry signs of humanity's nuclear history in their shells

    WIRED — August 30, 2023

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Culture & other musings

  • What in the world is pink cocaine?

    Vox Highlight — November 4, 2024

  • The case for pole dancing in the Olympics

    Vox — August 10, 2024

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