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PhD biologist writing about science, nature, medicine and tech

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Tag Archives: COVID

Taking new aim at COVID-19

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Taking new aim at COVID-19. Duke Today, Nov. 26, 2021. The coronavirus’s tangled strands of RNA could offer new ways to treat people who get infected. Picked up by INDY Week and The New York Times.

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Helping at-risk girls defy the odds in Kenya

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Duke-founded initiative is helping at-risk girls defy the odds in Kenya. Duke Today, Sept. 14, 2021. As classrooms reopen, one North Carolina-based nonprofit is helping Kenyan girls stay on track amidst the pandemic. Picked up by Bloomberg Businessweek.

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Recent writing

  • Brain scans reveal what happens in the mind when insight strikes
  • How changes in lemur brains made some mean girls nice
  • ‘Forever chemicals’ are everywhere. Most of their health effects are unknown
  • College basketball can be hard to predict. That didn’t stop these student data whizzes from trying
  • How baby birds know when their song practice is paying off
  • Hibernating lemurs can turn back the clock on cellular aging
  • Farmers on the frontlines of climate change struggle to adapt

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