Recent Articles

 

Dr. Pierce’s Modern Cure

You’ll feel like a million bucks.

48hr, May, 2010

 

Vanish

For one month, Evan Ratliff shed his identity and tried to disappear. Here’s what happened.

Wired, December, 2009

 

Gone Forever

What Does it Take to Really Disappear?

Wired, September, 2009

 

Origin of Species

How a T. Rex Femur Sparked a Scientific Smackdown

Wired, July, 2009

 

210 Minutes With Michael Lewis

He wrote the book on baseball and now has a new one on fatherhood. But can he lead the Dynamite, his daughter’s softball team, to victory?

New York, June 8, 2009

 

One Great Thing

Some travel can be like a journey through Purgatory, but even the worst trip can be saved by the perfect moment

Outside GO, Spring 2009

 

Seriously Funny

Legendary folklorist Alan Dundes took jokes to another level

California, March/April, 2009

 

Mongo

The Animal that Taught Me Things and Changed Lives

McSweeney’s.net, April 1, 2009

 

Shoot!

An Appalachian gunsmith’s robot army

The New Yorker, February 23, 2009

 

A New Kind of Economic Stimulus

Prying open government data coffers will do more than increase transparency. It will be a boon for business.

Portfolio.com, February 17, 2009

 

America Online

Barack Obama promised to reboot the White House. But first he’ll have to navigate a little federal legal gobbledygook. Hope? Well, it’s a start.

Wired, February, 2009

 

Fill ‘Er Up With Algae

Corn ethanol turns out to be a terrible idea, but a new generation of biofuels is nearly ready for the pump.

Men’s Journal, December, 2008

 

Feed Your Head (or, How Fighter Pilots Stay Sharp)

Popular with air force pilots, ER docs, and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs as a stay-awake drug, Provigil also appears to enhance brain function.

Men’s Journal, November, 2008