Writing Archive

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  • An Ear for Poetry (2006)

    In his strikingly lyrical work, poet Frank Gallimore pays tribute to the Deaf culture in which he was raised.
    CASE Awards Gold Medal

    Johns Hopkins Magazine

  • Our Body the Ecosystem (2011)

    Studying our natural bacteria could help doctors cure diseases that affect millions.
    Best American Science Writing

    Popular Science

  • Arrested Development (2014)

    A handful of young girls with a rare genetic condition seem to defy one of the biggest certainties in life: aging.

    Mosaic (R.I.P.)

  • 23 and You (2013)

    Does that commercial DNA test you just bought violate somebody else’s privacy?
    Best American Science Writing
    Best of Longform

    Matter

  • On Scientific Detachment (2013)

    How can scientists act ethically when studying the victims of a human tragedy, such as the Romanian orphans?

    Aeon

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