Typhoon Haiyan – One of Earth’s strongest storms ever.

Today I wrote about climate change and the devastating storm that slammed into the Philippines over the weekend. But I did it here, over at FigureOne. About once a month, I contribute to FigureOne. A few alumni of the AAAS Mass Media Fellows Program started it last year and now several of us write and … Continue reading →

Conservation, mile high

I flew on Frontier Airlines last week. There was a caribou on the plane. His name was Yukon. Ok, Yukon was not exactly on the plane, at least not in the way you’re thinking. Frontier has an animal on each of its planes. Each has a name, its own personality, its own tagline. Foxy the … Continue reading →

Superbugs

For the first session of Science Writers 2013, I decided to attend a session on “mastering workflow.” I tend to hoard data, over-research, over-qualify, read everything in site, take more notes than Beethoven’s collection of symphonies. It seemed like a good idea, and it has been. But when phenomenal science writer Maryn McKenna got up to describe … Continue reading →

A start, from the place where it all started

For a while now — longer than I’d like to admit — I have intended to start a blog. One that I contribute to on a fairly regular basis. But every time I start, I overwhelm myself with the task. Working full time, raising a pre-teen, running and cycling and climbing and maintaining an active … Continue reading →