December
Brain-Eating Amoeba | The Daily Beast, Dec. 23
Could This Be the End of Cancer? Tumor Vaccines | Newsweek, Dec. 19
November
After Geron, Stem Cells' New Saviors | The Daily Beast, Nov. 18
Rick Perry's brain freeze | The Daily Beast, Nov. 10
Pricing the Health Effects of Climate Change | OnEarth, Nov. 7
The Science Behind Your Spending Addiction| Newsweek, Nov. 7
Stress | The Saturday Evening Post, November/December
October
Steve Jobs' Unorthodox Cancer Treatment | Newsweek, October 5, 2011
Texture messaging: Breakthrough for spinal cord patients | Scientific American, Oct. 5
Are Optimists Dumber? | The Daily Beast, Oct. 9
Propofol: Doctors' Crush on Michael Jackson's Drug | Newsweek, Oct. 17
Will Supplements Kill You? | The Daily Beast, Oct. Oct. 11
Worms inherit longevity even without the genes | Technology Review, Oct. 20
Why Our Brains Love Horror Movies: The Science of Fear | The Daily Beast, Oct. 26
September
Viral effects on mental illness | The Saturday Evening Post, September/October
The effects of bilingualism on the adult brain | http://www.rosettastone.com/50plus
The controversy over cervical cancer vaccines | The Daily Beast, Sept. 14, 2011
How parental stress alters children's genetic status | The Daily Beast, Sept. 12, 2011
August
Effect of maternal depression on children's brains | The Daily Beast, August 22, 2011
One Word That Can Save Your Life (useless and harmful medical care) Newsweek, August 22, 2011
July
The Best Medicine (comparative effectiveness research) | Scientific American, July 2011
Sleep Better, Get Smarter: The Cognitive Effects of Sleep | Saturday Evening Post, July/August 2011 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/current-issue
May
Are You Ready For More? (adapting to climate change and extreme weather) | May 29, 2011
Saving Sight, Testing Faith (human embryonic stem cells to restore vision) | May 15, 2011
March
How to Save California (the state's earthquake-prone nuclear reactors) | March 20, 2011
February
The Science of Making Decisions | Feb 27, 2011
How to Improve Your Memory With Sleep | Feb 13, 2011
January
Problems with 'Geo-Engineering' Plans | Jan 30, 2011
The Downside of Antioxidants | Jan 25, 2011
Why Almost Everything You Hear About Medicine is Wrong | Jan 24, 2011
Get Smarter | Jan 17, 2011
Loughner and How the Mental-Health System Doesn't Work | Jan 14, 2011
Could Jared Loughner Have Been Committed? | Jan 12, 2011
Crying, Sex, and John Boehner: Not So Fast | Jan 7, 2011
Getting Info on Breast-Cancer Surgeons Isn't Easy | Jan 3, 2011
Can You Build a Better Brain? | Jan 3, 2011