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Writing Portfolio

Sierra
The Mysterious Death of the Bumblebee Queens - March 2023
Environmentalists Push to Protect the Okefenokee Swamp From Titanium Mining - February 2023
Sea Stars Threatened by Intensifying Marine Heat Waves - February 2023
Smithsonian
These Five Innovative Rovers Will Soon Explore the Moon​ - November 2022
How Animals Survive in a Savanna Full of Predators - September 2022
Baby Sloths Are About as Cute As You Would Expect​ - September 2022
Cougars Are Killing Feral Donkeys, and That’s Good for Wetlands - August 2022
The Done-Up Bird Gets the Worm​ - August 2022
Lunar Pits Maintain Surprisingly Comfy Temperatures​ - August 2022
First Images of Mysterious ‘Milky Seas’ Captured
​ - July 2022
The DNA of Hundreds of Insect Species Is in Your Tea - July 2022
This Seabird Species Dives Deeper When the Water is Clearer​ - July 2022
Dengue Fever and Zika Virus Make Humans More Attractive to Mosquitoes​ - June 2022
When Cats Chew Catnip, It Works as a Bug Spray - June 2022
Massive Science
Access to free school lunch creates health benefits for a lifetime​ - September 2021
Honeybees experience withdrawal symptoms when deprived of alcohol​ - July 2021
Domestic cats fall for the same visual illusions as we do​ - June 2021
Living near a Superfund site shortens life expectancy for low-income residents​​ - May 2021
An ecological trap exposes many bats to a deadly fungus​ - February 2021
Even megalodon babies needed nurseries to survive​​ - January 2021
Brood parasites are quite picky about who they offload their kids on, depending on the climate​ - November 2020
A viper’s zig-zag colors help blur their predators’ vision​ - August 2020
How photography can overturn traditional killing of rattlesnakes​ - August 2020
Glowing worms have less sex when the lights are on​ - August 2020
Bumble bees cut holes in plants’ leaves to trigger flowering​ - June 2020
Transpositions
From boxes to galaxies: Dr. J. Garrett-Walker on emerging queer identities and the liberatory power of chosen names​ - June 2022
Science journalist talks caste, gender, and community-building in academia - June 2022
Multi-talented software engineer discusses creativity, teamwork, and inclusion in tech - March 2022
Environmental scientist grows wildflowers and prairie grasses next to highways - February 2022
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Astronomer uses computer models to study dark matter in distant galaxies - January 2022
Cogbites
Rats recognize songs unless you change the instrument​ - April 2022
What shapes the sound of a baby’s laugh? - January 2022
Sister
As scientists, we need to stop using harmful and misleading terminology - July 2020
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Leatherback Sea Turtles Struggle to Find the Ocean on Moonless Nights​ - October 2021
Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
Computer scientist studies insect swarms to guide robot design - October 2021
Thompson Earth Systems Institute
Florida Farmworkers Have Lacked Access to Basic Health Care Resources Throughout the Pandemic​ - April 2021
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