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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