Popular Writings
Minnesota Star Tribune
Go ahead, pick up those dead birds (carefully).
May 31, 2026
Princeton University Press website
The human (or bat, or abalone) experience
March 24, 2026
Literary Hub
Tackling Writer’s Block (as a Scientist)
March 20, 2026
Nautilus
Consider the Cockroach: An ode to one of nature’s most maligned creatures
March 17, 2026
National Geographic
Why do gulls steal our food? Scientists experimented with French fries to find out.
March 9, 2026
New Scientist
Why we shouldn’t attribute human motivations to animals like bees
January 11, 2023
Los Angeles Times
COVID-19 is not your great-grandfather’s flu. Comparisons with 1918 are overblown.
April 19, 2020
Los Angeles Times
There’s nothing inherent about the fact that men outnumber women in the sciences.
March 11, 2018