My stories run the gamut from the birth of the universe to nearby supernova explosions to the history of recorded sound before Edison. Read through My Archive for the latest news and feature stories since 2012. For now, here’s a sample of my work:
Award-winning story on supernova explosions (National Geographic, 2007)
Credit: Weiqun Zhang, Stanford University, and Stan Woosley, University of California at Santa Cruz. Supercomputing: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and NASA Ames Research Center
Earliest sounds: Profile of a sound archaeologist who uncovered pre-Edison recordings of the human voice never intended to be heard. (Science, 2012)
Tying water into knots: A laboratory feat with far-reaching consequences (Nature, 2013)
A knotted vortex in water. Credit: Robert Kozloff/University of Chicago
Scoop: Abundance of Earthlike planets in our own backyard (Nature, 2013)
Credit: Dana Berry/NASA Kepler Mission
A Van Allen mystery: three radiation belts instead of two (Nature, 2013)
Earth’s third Van Allen Belt. Credit: NASA Van Allen Probes/Goddard Space Flight Center