Science / Health / Tech
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3D images from ultrasounds allow blind parents to feel their infant's face
8/9/20 - Washington Post
Turns out I wasn't dying of COVID-19 after all. I was using my pulse oximeter the wrong way.
6/29/20 - Washington Post
As wearing masks becomes the norm, lip readers are left out of the conversation
5/26/20 - Washington Post
From Lucky Strikes to tapeworms: 7 of the oddest weight-loss schemes of the past were also unhealthy
1/27/19 - Washington Post)
I trekked to a graveyard to learn how my ancestors died. But can genealogy help predict how long I will live?
1/14/19 - Washington Post
Providing comfort and a connection as the end draws near
12/23/18 - Washington Post
Was I part British, part Dutch, a little bit Jewish? The oddness of DNA tests
11/3/18 - Washington Post
Meet the microscopic creatures that share your home, bed and shower
12/14/18 - Washington Post
When someone hovers at the edge of death, these singers step in to ease the passage
5/5/18 - Washington Post
Aging lessons: The things that let you thrive in old age are easier than you think
4/14/18 - Washington Post
Hold on body positivity. Even today it sucks to be fat
3/21/18 - Medium
How a Steelers Great Lined Up Behind Medical Marijuana
11/16/17 - Politico Magazine
These Monks Saved Their Abbey by Protecting the Earth
4/21/17 - National Geographic
An electric shock therapy stops self-harm among the autistic, but at what cost?
11/23/16 - Washington Post Magazine
Screechy, Small, and Shy: New Bird Species Find Puts the Sichuan Bird Warbler on the Map
5/5/15 - Wall Street Journal
In Sri Lanka, Elephants and Humans Struggle to Live in Close Quarters
3/23/15 - CityLab
How a Tiny Bird Got Its Own Branch on the Tree of Life
4/18/14 - Wall Street Journal
A Buying Guide to Air-Pollution Masks
2/28/14 - Wall Street Journal
Anxiety, Traditional Medicine, and Plenty of Purell: Beijing Watches and Waits for Bird Flu
4/12/13 - CityLab
Living in Beijing's polluted air
3/11/13 - Washington Post
It's Lonely Trying to Convince Chinese Hospitals to Go Smoke Free
1/11/13 - CityLab
In China, obesity becomes a problem that's foreign to survivors of its great famine
12/31/12 - Washington Post
One Month in Beijing = Smoking 5 Cigarettes
2/9/12 - CityLab
Traditional Chinese medicine technique uses heated glass cups to heal ills
1/23/12 - Washington Post
Learning to Navigate a City of Smog
12/13/11 - CityLab
Breast Cancer Survivors Go Pink! DC Find Meaning at the Dragon Boat Festival
5/19/11 - Washingtonian Magazine