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Science, Tech, & Medicine

"Evidence Supports Trawling Depth Limit"
(Nature - August 27, 2015)


"Medicine's Hidden Roots in an Ancient Manuscript"
(New York Times - June 1, 2015)


"Mysterious Giant Sharks May Be Everywhere"
(BBC Earth - October 28, 2014)


"Deepwater Horizon Residue Settled Far and Wide"
(Nature - October 27, 2014)


"James Cameron Explains Science of Deepsea Challenge 3D"
(Nature - August 12, 2014)


"Octomom Sets Gestation Record"
(Nature - July 30, 2014)


"Ship Speed Limits Can Save Right Whales"
(Nature - June 3, 2014)


"Still Counting Gulf Spill's Dead Birds"
(New York Times - May 5, 2014)


"Robots Explore the World's Deepest Ocean Trenches"
(Scientific American - April 2014)


"Deep Thoughts, from James Cameron (Q&A)"
(Scientific American - April 2014)


"UK Company Pursues Deep-sea Bonanza"
(Nature - March 19, 2014)


"The Ultimate Wordfind Puzzle"
(Science News for Students - January 31, 2014)


"Wealthy backers support scientific efforts to explore deep seas"
(Washington Post - May 28, 2013)


"Oil Dispersants Used During Gulf Spill Degrade Slowly in Cold Water"
(Chemical & Engineering News - February 13, 2013)


"Standard Oil Spill Tests Might Miss Important Class of Chemicals"
(Chemical & Engineering News - January 30, 2013)


"Minor Oil Spills Are Often Bigger Than Reported"
(Nature - January 28, 2013)


"Dirty Blizzard Buried Deepwater Horizon Oil"
(Nature - January 26, 2013)


"The Giant Squid Stalker: Edith Widder Profile"
(Slate - January 25, 2013)


"Researchers Debate Oil Spill Remedy"
(Nature - January 22, 2013)


"Giant Squid Filmed in its Natural Environment"
(Nature - January 14, 2013)


"Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill's Oyster Aftermath"
(Chemical & Engineering News - November 15, 2012)


"Fracking Outpaces Science on its Impact"
(Environment Yale - September 2012)


"Treasure Hunt: Deep in the Sinai, a global team is revolutionizing the very preservation of history"
(Washington Post Magazine - September 9, 2012)


"In the Press Column: Trees and temperature"
(Nature Geoscience - August 31, 2012)


"In the Press Column: Interstellar achievement"
(Nature Geoscience - July 31, 2012)


"End of an age for Aquarius"
(Nature - July 25, 2012)


"Video from dive to Aquarius for Nature"
(Nature - July 25, 2012)


"In the Press Column: Nuances of glacier speed"
(Nature Geoscience - June 28, 2012)


"Lessons of Deepwater Horizon still not learned"
(Nature News - April 17, 2012)


"James Cameron returns from the deep"
(Nature News - March 27, 2012)


"James Cameron heads into the abyss"
(Nature News - March 19, 2012)


"U.S. Navy welcomes two ships into research fleet"
(Nature News - March 2, 2012)


"Marine Ecology: Attack of the blobs"
(Nature News - February 1, 2012)


"Interview on Southern Ocean hydrothermal vent discoveries"
(PBS NewsHour - January 5, 2012)


"Deep-sea vents, just north of Antarctica, flourish with species never seen before"
(Washington Post - January 4, 2012)


"Dr. Livingstone's diary on 19th-century Africa, now uncensored"
(Washington Post - November 1, 2011)

"Good and Bad News About Fukushima's Impact On Ocean"
(Chemical & Engineering News - November 1, 2011)


"Elastec scoops X prize for oil-spill clean-up"
(Nature News - October 11, 2011)


"Oil-spill research funds begin to flow"
(Nature News - September 1, 2011)


"Scuba Mask POV Camera Sees Everything Under the Sea"
(Wired - July, 2011)


"Gulf research cash still in limbo"
(Nature News - February 17, 2011)


"On Gulf Oil Spill Effects, Doing Science With a Deadline"
(New York Times - February 3, 2011)


"Report Foresees Quick Gulf of Mexico Recovery"
(New York Times - February 2, 2011)


"Gulf-oil studies stalled by scarce samples"
(Nature - January 14, 2011)


"Oldest research sub Alvin set for rebirth"
(Nature News - December 16, 2010)


"Peer-reviewed 'oil budget' appeases scientists"
(Nature - November 24, 2010)


"Electriflyers: Hybrids take to the sky"
(New Scientist - November 6, 2010)


"Oil spill cruise finds field of dead coral"
(Nature - November 5, 2010)


"Birth of The Blowout Experiment"
(Wake Forest Magazine - September 2010)


"Upbeat Oil Report Questioned"
(Nature - August 12, 2010)


"A Scientist at the Center of the Spill"
(Nature - August 5, 2010)


"The lost legacy of the last great oil spill: Some ecosystems bounced back after the 1979 Ixtoc I oil spill, but research quickly withered."
(Nature - July 14, 2010)


"What's the catch? - New England fishermen have mixed feelings about a program designed to allow overfished species to recover."
(Nature - June 2, 2010)


"Researchers track path of oil from rig spill"
(Nature - June 2, 2010)


"Fiji: Where the Chiefs Rule the Reefs"
(Sport Diver - June 2010)


"Flood of oil, drought of research"
(Nature - May 25, 2010)


"Oil cruise finds deep-sea plume"
(Nature - May 18, 2010)


"Daily blog posts from the first research expedition to enter the Deepwater Horizons oil spill zone"
(Nature.com - May 9, 2010 to May 16, 2010)


"Oil spill endangers fragile marshland: Clean-up efforts begin after oil explosion in the Gulf of Mexico"
(Nature - April 27, 2010)


"Obama outlines vision for space"
(Nature - April 16, 2010)


"Unarrested Development: Florida and Sea Level Rise"
(Nature Reports: Climate Change - April 6, 2010)


"Making Sense of Sea Level Rise: Numerous Factors, But Rising Temperatures Key"
(The Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media - January 19, 2010)


"Trace That Metal: Collaboration launches effort to track marine nutrients"
(Nature - January 12, 2010)

"Wish You Were Here: An annual excursion to an exclusive Caribbean island has yielded an impressive body of ecological fieldwork. Just don't call it a holiday."
(Nature - January 7, 2010)


"Test Drive in the World's Fastest Personal Submarine: Humans have long explored the ocean at a dirigible's pace. Graham Hawkes plans to change that with a sub that flies."
(Popular Mechanics - December 2009)

"BOOK REVIEW: World Ocean Census: A Global Survey of Marine Life"
(Nature - November 19, 2009)


"Ocean Acidification Research, Monitoring: Moving Toward Coordinated Federal Program"
(The Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media - September 28, 2009)


"Better World Special Issue: End the pillaging of the high seas"
(New Scientist - September 14, 2009)


"Corals, Earth's Canary in Coal Mines, Facing 'Calamitous' Global Declines"
(The Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media - September 1, 2009)


"When money grows on trees: Protecting forests offers a quick and cost-effective way of reducing emissions, but agreeing a means to do so won't be easy"
(Nature Reports: Climate Change - August 13, 2009)


"Florida universities hit by funding crisis"
(Nature - June 24, 2009)

"That Storm, That Cold Day, That Drought: How Scientists Try to Evaluate Links to Warming"
(The Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media - June 4, 2009)


"Public donations to lift research"
(Nature - May 19, 2009)

"REDD is Part of the New Green In Run-up to Copenhagen Conference"
(The Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media - April 23, 2009)


"Into the Blue: The first vessel devoted to oceanic exploration could uncover hidden resources"
(Popular Science - April 2009)


"Report calls for shift in climate research"
(Nature Reports: Climate Change - March 26, 2009)


"Climate Change Models: Understanding the Basics"
(The Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media - January 20, 2009)


"Bush's Legacy: 43 by the numbers"
(Nature - January 14, 2009)

"The Immortal Molecule"
(Scripps Research Institute News & Views - January 12, 2009)


" The Lab at the Bottom of the Sea: The best way to study life beneath the waves is to live there. Mark Schrope describes his experiences in the world's longest-running undersea laboratory"
(Nature - January 7, 2009)

"Team Defines New Painkilling Chemical Pathway"
(Scripps Research Institute News & Views - December 8, 2008)


"Sleeping with the Fishes: Ocean acidification is the latest in a slew of threats to coral reefs. A team of scientists is now getting right up close to Florida's reefs to better understand how their inhabitants may be affected"
(Nature Reports: Climate Change - November 27, 2008)


"Going Underground: Carbon capture storage may be one way to achieve deep reductions in emissions, but ensuring the gas stays buried will be crucial to proving its viability"
(Nature Reports: Climate Change - November 13, 2008)


"Mission Implausible: Extreme schemes to save the reefs"
(New Scientist - October 15, 2008)

"Lionfish not a roaring success for coral reefs"
(Nature - July 17, 2008)

"Overfishing worse than thought"
(Nature - News July 9, 2008)

"Team Devises Innovative Method to Produce Highly Sought-After Drug"
(Scripps Research Institute News & Views - May 19, 2008)


"Researchers Develop New Method for Spotting Critical Cancer Drivers"
(Scripps Research Institute News & Views - May 5, 2008)


"Fishing Trawlers Have Double the Reach"
(Nature - News March 7, 2008)

"Red Tide Rising: Algal blooms can make life miserable for coastal dwellers and wreak havoc on marine ecosystems"
(Nature - March 6, 2008)

"The Font of Hydrothermal Life"
(Nature - News March 4, 2008)

"Putting Together the Big Picture: Nicholas Schork Searches the Genetic Code for Clues About Cancer"
(Endeavor - Spring 2008, p. 11)


"Scientists Discover Remarkable Editing System for Protein Production"
(Scripps Research Institute News & Views - January 14, 2008)


"Providential Outcome: A winning combination of isolation, local involvement and a broad ecological remit are making the management of the seas around Colombia's San Andres islands a model for other conservations."
(Nature - January 9, 2008)

"Creating the Future of Mobile Computing"
(Duke University's Electrical + Computer Engineering News - December 15, 2008)


"Tiny Lasers, Big Advances"
(Duke University's Electrical + Computer Engineering News - December 15, 2008)


"Harnessing Lightning and Hiding from Sound"
(Duke University's Electrical + Computer Engineering News - December 15, 2008)


"Searching for Genes, Photo Files, and Landmines--In Haystacks"
(Duke University's Electrical + Computer Engineering News - December 10, 2008)


"Getting Creative with Chemistry: Phil Baran Follows His Passion"
(Endeavor - Winter 2007/2008, p. 22)


"Adrienne Stiff-Roberts: Putting Artificial Atoms to Use"
(Duke University's Electrical + Computer Engineering News - October 15, 2008)


"Gary Ybarra: Electrifying a New Generation of Engineers"
(Duke University's Electrical + Computer Engineering News - October 15, 2008)


"David Smith: Creating New Materials that Go Beyond Nature"
(Duke University's Electrical + Computer Engineering News - October 15, 2008)


"Lights in the Deep: Far below the surface of the ocean, beyond the reach of the Sun's rays, organisms still have eyes."
(Nature - November 21, 2007)

"Inventing New Chemistry"
(Scripps Research Institute's News & Views - October 22, 2007)


"Playing by a different set of rules: Florida's climate change plan is the latest in a wave of state strategies to limit greenhouse-gas emissions"
(Nature Reports: Climate Change - September 21, 2007)


"Deep Trouble: Coral reefs are clearly struggling. The debate for marine scientists is whether the harm is being done on a local or global scale"
(Smithsonian.com - September 2007)


"New Chemical Tool Captures Previously Unseen Molecules"
(Scripps Research Institute's News & Views - August 13, 2007)


"Team Discovers Mouse Appetite Suppressant"
(Scripps Research Institute's News & Views - July 2, 2007)


"Treaty caution on plankton plans: Official concern voiced over iron fertilization of seas"
(Nature - June 28, 2007)

"Weird and wonderful" Book reviews for The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss, by Claire Nouvian, and The Silent Deep: The Discovery, Ecology and Conservation of the Deep Sea, by Tony Koslow"
(Nature - June 21, 2007)

"Sentinels at Sea: An offshore screening system could put a 14-mile buffer zone between ports and deadly cargo"
(Popular Science - June 2007, and CNN.com, June 30, 2007)


"Digging Deep: Long dismissed as too expensive or impractical, mining the sea floor for metals is gaining a new foothold"
(Nature - May 17, 2007)

"Team Sheds Light on Long-Sought Cold Sensation Gene"
(Scripps Research Institute's News & Views - May 7, 2007)


"Cancer-Specific Mutations May Offer Path to Treatments"
(Scripps Research Institute's News & Views - April 30, 2007)


"Scripps Research Team Unravels Drug Target for Parasitic Diseases"
(Scripps Research Institute's News & Views - April 23, 2007)


"Water Buggy: A prototype watercraft is designed to go almost anywhere"
(Popular Science - April 2007)


"Unclogging the Drain: Malcolm Leissring Explores New Approaches to Alzheimer's Disease"
(Endeavor Spring 2007)


"Scripps Research Team Dramatically Simplifies Synthetic Production of Potential Pharmaceuticals"
(Scripps Research Institute's News & Views - March 26, 2007)

"Killer in the Kelp: Could a change in the dining habits of orcas crash an ecosystem?"
(Nature - February 15, 2007)

"Creating the Perfect Wave: Maverick oceanographer Kerry Black traveled the world in search of the best surf spots. Then he decided to build them himself"
(Nature - December 21/28, 2006)

"Study Reveals Molecular Basis of Botulism Toxin's Deadly Activity"
(Scripps Research Institute's News & Views - December 18, 2006)


"The Dead Zones: When the ocean's inhabitants try to escape, you know there's a problem"
(New Scientist - December 9, 2006)


"A Stitch in Time"
(Scripps Research Institute's News & Views - December 4, 2006)


"Scientists Identify Synthetic Compound That Keeps Stem Cells Young"
(Scripps Research Institute's News & Views - November 6, 2006)


"Oceanography: The real sea change What can pirates' journals and centuries-old cookbooks teach modern-day ecologists? Mark Schrope meets the researchers who trawl history books for deeper insights into marine ecosystems."
(Nature - October 12, 2006)

"Scripps Research Team Reverses Friedreich's Ataxia Defect in Cell Culture"
(Scripps Research Institute's News & Views - August 14, 2006)


"Dino-Era Earth Had Polar Ice, Low Sea Level, Study Says"
(National Geographic News - November 29, 2005)


"Into the eye of the storm: As Hurricane Rita headed for the U.S. coast, a rare trip into the gathering winds"
(Nature - September 29, 2005)

Deep sea special--"The undiscovered oceans: Dancing viperfish, spinning rings of plankton and seven-metre-high corals - just about every journey into the abyss reveals more surprises"
(New Scientist - November 12, 2005)


"Meteorology: Winds of change-- Hurricanes can grow more intense in a matter of hours, but exactly why remains a mystery. Mark Schrope flies into the eye of a storm to investigate"
(Nature - November 2, 2005)

"Welcome to Museum Titanic (Please Don't Touch)"
(Popular Science - July 2005)

"A Titanic Undertaking Q&A: Robert Ballard" (PopularScience.com - May 2005)

"Opening Davy Jones's Locker--Very Carefully: Scuba-trained investigators are learning protocols for examining watery graves."
(Popular Science - November 2004)


Lightning research: The bolt catchers (Nature - September 8, 2004)

"The Promise of Marine Biotechnology in Florida"
(Florida Sea Grant Publication - 2004)


"Wrangling Gators in the Glades"
(Popular Science - January 2004)


"Deep Transmissions: Armed with a revolutionary new tracking device, cave divers map threats to Florida's main water source"
(Outside - October 2003)


"Underwater Airplane Takes Flight"
(Popular Science - April 2003)


"California Startup Plans Holographic Screening System"
(IEEE Spectrum Online - November 19, 2002)

"Drugs to stop drink from harming baby"
(New Scientist - September 28, 2002)

"Fish Flounder in Shrinking Gene Pool"
(New Scientist - August 17, 2002)

"Troubled Waters: The oceans around the United States suffer from overfishing and pollution, but current government regulatory structures can hamper attempts to fix such problems. Can two high-level commissions put things right?"
(Nature - August 15, 2002)

"Future of Coral is Going Down the Pan"
(New Scientist - August 10, 2002)

"Remotely Controlled Gunnery"
(IEEE Spectrum Online - July 19, 2002)

"First Naval Gun Turret to Rise From the Deep"
(NewScientist.com - July 19, 2002)

All content for NationalGeographic.com's K-19 website including "K-19: The History," "Major Sub Disasters," "Evolution of Subs," and "Radiation Risk? Sunken Subs"
(NationalGeographic.com - July 2002)

"Global Warming, Global Fever"
(New Scientist - June 29, 2002)

"Taking the Ocean's Temperature"
(TechnologyReview.com - June 28, 2002)

"Scientists Explore New Hydrothermal Vent"
(Discovery.com - June 10, 2002)

"Hot Stuff: Could a new technique make the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel less hazardous?"
(New Scientist - June 8, 2002)

"Joint Projects See Ocean Projects Aiming High"
(Nature - June 6, 2002)

"Sponges, Sewage May Put Reefs at Risk"
(Discovery.com - May 30, 2002)

"Navigation"
(NationalGeographic.com - May 2002)

"Organic Optics"
(New Scientist - April 20, 2002)

"Chemical Block Boosts Nerve Regrowth"
(NewScientist.com - April 9, 2002)

"The Great Black Spot: What's Dark and Mysterious and Lurks in the Ocean Just Off Florida? "
(New Scientist - April 6, 2002)

"To Catch a Record Wave"
(Discovery.com - March 25, 2002)

"Why They Die: Keeping Deep-Sea Creatures Alive In Captivity"
(Discovery.com - February 28, 2002)

"Giant Squid Babies Captured"
(Discovery.com - February 28, 2002)

"Tsunami Warnings Improved"
(Discovery.com - January 2002)

"Rock Farming Spares Coral Reefs"
(Discovery.com - January 2002)

"Study: Pollution Boosts Seaweed on Reefs"
(Discovery.com - January 2002)

"Deep-Sea Creatures Hear Food Coming"
(Discovery.com - January 2002)

"Marine Sanctuary Success Patchy"
(Discovery.com - January 2002)

"Shipwrecks To Get Salvage Protection"
(Discovery.com - January 2002)

"Surf's Up for Reef Health Check"
(Discovery.com - January 2002)

"Whale Deaths Caused By US Navy's Sonar"
(Nature - January 10, 2002)
"Tasman Seamounts"
(NationalGeographic.com - January 2002)

"Icebergs and Ocean Racers"
(NationalGeographic.com - January 2002)

"Which Way To Energy Utopia? The vehicles of the future will almost certainly be powered by hydrogen. But no one is sure exactly how to get drivers to kick their fossil-fuel habit. "
(Nature - December 13, 2001)

"Budgets Come First as Bush Chooses NASA Head"
(Nature - November 22, 2001)

"Florida's High-Tech Haven: Lucent's Agere among the first of many lured by unusual incentives"
(IEEE Spectrum - November 2001)

"Massive Migration"
(NationalGeographic.com - November 2001)

"Pirates attack US research ship off Somalia"
(Nature - September 13, 2001)

"The Doldrums: Sailing's Dead Zone"
(NationalGeographic.com - August 2001)

"To Boldly Go: The nineteenth century scientists who studied the oceans were explorers, not hypothesis testers. Modern-day oceanographers want to revive this pioneering spirit. "
(Nature - August 16, 2001)

"Deep Float: Ocean engineers are thinking big. Really, really big."
(TechnologyReview.com - July 25, 2001)

"Consensus Science or Consensus Politics? To some, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change represents the pinnacle of scientific collaboration. To others, it is a victory for politics over science. "
(Nature - July 12, 2001)

"Smart Walker Strolls Ahead: Well-trained device takes small steps for an aging mankind"
(TechnologyReview.com - July 5, 2001)

"Bridge Checkup" Autonomous wireless networks of sensors may give alerts before cracks appear. (TechnologyReview.com - June 26, 2001)

"Trained Assassins" It takes a special breed of supervirus to bump off a superbug (New Scientist - June 2, 2001)

"Deep-sea Dynamos"
(New Scientist - June 2, 2001)

"Simply Sensational: Sometimes you need a push in the right direction"
(New Scientist - June 2, 2001)

"Double whammy: The idea that multiple sclerosis is triggered by two separate viruses receives a boost"
(NewScientist.com - May 25, 2001)

"Polio power: A re-engineered polio virus is used as a weapon against deadly brain tumours"
(NewScientist.com - May 22, 2001)

"Offshore Oil Goes Deep"
(TechnologyReview.com - May 11, 2001)

"Coral Companions: Disappearing polyps and what it means to surfers"
(Surfer - May 2001)

"Gene Pool: Think fly-fishing is sacred? Meet supertrout"
(Outside May 2001)

"US administration tries to repair green image"
(Nature - April 26, 2001)

"There She Flips" Ships that tip up and head for the seabed are usually doomed, but some do it on purpose (New Scientist - April 21, 2001)

"Aquaculture cleans up its act"
(TechnologyReview.com - April 19, 2001)

"Criticism mounts as Bush backs out of Kyoto accord"
(Nature - April 5, 2001)

"Breaking the Stiffness Barrier: Engineers thought they knew how to make materials as stiff as possible. But now a trick has shattered the old bounds"
(ScienceNOW April 3, 2001)

"Sonar System offered Special Dispensation"
(Nature - March 29, 2001)

"Bush U-turns on pledge for carbon dioxide emissions"
(Nature - March 22, 2001)

"Biologists urge US to build marine reserves"
(Nature - February 22, 2001)

"Poor coordination 'wastes US research into global change'"
(Nature - February 1, 2001)

"Save Our Swamp" Florida's Everglades are the focus for the largest ecological restoration project yet attempted (Nature - January 11, 2001)

"US to take temperature of mercury threat"
(Nature - January 11, 2001)

"Galapagos ecologists under threat from violent protests"
(Nature - December 14, 2000)

"Voyage of the Space Veggies: Designing plants to suit our planetary ambitions"
(New Scientist - December 9, 2000)

"Successes in fight to save ozone layer could close holes by 2050"
(Nature - December 7, 2000)

"Stem Cell Survival"
(Modern Drug Discovery - Nov/Dec 2000)

"An Insulin Replacement?"
(Modern Drug Discovery - Nov/Dec 2000)

"Bug-Propelled Subs: Writhing bacteria could power micro-robots round your veins"
(New Scientist - November 25, 2000)

"Jellyfish Sniff Out Food"
(Discovery.com - November 22, 2000)

"Smothering Seaweed Hits California"
(Discovery.com - November 8, 2000)

"Aquarium group fights cyanide fishing"
(Nature - November 2, 2000)

"Volunteer Reef Surveys Make the Grade"
(Discovery.com - October 30, 2000)

"The Net Gets Wet: The Navy announces it has finally conquered one of the toughtest Internet frontiers: the ocean"
(Business 2.0 - October 24, 2000)

"You Are Here: Soon our cell phones will be tracked"
(New Scientist - October 21, 2000)

"Watts Your Step: One British startup plans to wire your shoes"
(Outside - October, 2000)

"A Plan to Drill Mars"
(Space.com - September 26, 2000)

"Alien Invader: A hungry stowaway is saving the Black Sea"
(New Scientist - September 9, 2000)

"Trouble in the Greenhouse: One of the thorniest problems in gauging climate change"
(Nature - September 7, 2000)

"Life Amidst Glaciers Thrives and Survives: Some extreme microbes and what they might teach about looking for life on Mars"
(Space.com - August 31, 2000)

"Sniffing Danger: Now we know that dogs really do have a nose for it"
(New Scientist - August 26, 2000)

"Gene Gnome: An interview with Craig Venter"
(Business 2.0 - August 22, 2000)

"They're Alive!: Something is stirring on the dark undersides of glaciers"
(New Scientist - August 12, 2000)

"Dive Time: Relax in luxury on the ultimate deep-sea cruise"
(New Scientist - July 29, 2000)

"A Receding Shoreline: Is seaweed causing tropical beaches to disappear?"
(New Scientist - July 29, 2000)

"Ground Control to Major Headache: Progress and challenges in connecting spacecraft to the internet"
(Business 2.0 - July 25, 2000)

"Tiny Bubbles: New technologies for routing fiber optic signals"
(Business 2.0 - July 25, 2000)

"Deeper Diver"
(Popular Science - July 2000)

"Lunar Power: Starter kit for a Moon base? No atmosphere and lots of silicon..."
(New Scientist - June 24, 2000)

"Chip Off the Old Block: New information about the Eros asteroid courtesy of the NEAR spacecraft"
(New Scientist - June 10, 2000)

"Stop the Bleeding: Ultrasound can do more than peer inside the body"
(New Scientist - June 3, 2000)

"60,000 Bucks Under the Sea: High-priced deep ocean tourism"
(Outside - June 2000)


"Corals Face Catastrophe: Rising carbon dioxide levels don't just affect the climate"
(New Scientist - May 27, 2000)

"Stirring Stuff: A spiraling flow of molten metal has revealed Earth's deep secret"
(New Scientist - May 20, 2000)

"Want To Know the Time? Ask the Space Station"
(New Scientist - May 13, 2000)

"Flat As a Pancake: The Earth may be round, but the Universe certainly isn't"
(New Scientist - May 6, 2000)

"Mysterious Particles Go Round the Bend: A new clue in the quest to find the source of high-energy cosmic rays"
(New Scientist - April 29, 2000)

"Touch and Go: You only need a couple of seconds to sample a comet"
(New Scientist - April 22, 2000)

"Zooming In: A profile on molecular biologist Harry Noller"
(New Scientist - April 15, 2000)

"Destroy and Grow: A profile on cellular biologist Marc Kirschner"
(New Scientist - April 15, 2000)

"Follow That Cell: Living cells can now be tracked using magnetic beacons"
(New Scientist - April 15, 2000)

"Expanding Life's Alphabet: Adding new letters to the genetic code"
(New Scientist - April 8, 2000)

"Rubber Coating Stops the Clots"
(New Scientist - April 1, 2000)

"Power House: How pumping ions gave early cells a kick start"
(New Scientist - April 1, 2000)

"Spotlight On Cells"
(New Scientist - April 1, 2000)

"Underwater Observatory"
(Popular Science - March 2000)

"Deep Background: Data from a robot tagger could help conserve fish stocks"
(New Scientist - March 18, 2000)

"The Hole Story? Plankton are escaping the ravages of ozone depletion--so far"
(New Scientist - February 19, 2000)

"Noise Nuisance: There's a nasty flaw in buckytubes' character"
(New Scientist - February 19, 2000)

"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Imagine flying underwater-Graham Hawkes is making it happen"
(New Scientist - February 12, 2000)


Ocean Sciences Meeting coverage-- Ageing crabs, seal sensors and powering the seafloor
(New Scientist - February 5, 2000)

"Quicker, simpler, smarter chips: A softer breed of hardware promises faster mobile computing and longer battery life"
(New Scientist - January 29, 2000)

"US Buoys Up Ocean Watching"
(New Scientist - January 22, 2000)

"Nano Noses: Tiny buckytubes can sniff out toxic gases"
(New Scientist - December 25, 1999)

"The Acid Test"
(New Scientist - December 11, 1999)

"Now You See It... Soldiers can radio without detection thanks to excited gas"
(New Scientist - November 27, 1999)

"Alien Inspiration: A walking robot could make its wearer incredibly powerful"
(New Scientist - November 20, 1999)

"Supersniffer: Just one molecule of explosives will be all it takes"
(New Scientist - October 23, 1999)

"The Dope On Silicon: A hurdle in fulfilling the appetite for speed"
(New Scientist - September 11, 1999)

"Total Control: Tough and disciplined, the next generation of precision-engineered polymer molecules will wipe the floor with today's messy mixtures"
(New Scientist - February 20, 1999)



TRAVEL & ADVENTURE



"Robots Explore the World's Deepest Ocean Trenches"
(Scientific American - April 2014)


"Deep Thoughts, from James Cameron (Q&A)"
(Scientific American - April 2014)


"Is There a Doctor in the HIkers Cabin?"
(Wake Forest Magazine - Fall 2013)


"Dr. Livingstone's diary on 19th-century Africa, now uncensored"
(Washington Post - November 1, 2011)


"Fiji's E-Ticket to Ride"
(Scuba Diving - July 2011)


"Scuba Mask POV Camera Sees Everything Under the Sea"
(Wired - July, 2011)


"Fiji: Where the Chiefs Rule the Reefs"
(Sport Diver - June 2010)


"Love Shack: In 1937, as a depression lingered and war loomed, Robb and Rody White bought a deserted isle and built their dream house on it"
(Caribbean Travel + Life - March 2010)


"Test Drive in the World's Fastest Personal Submarine: Humans have long explored the ocean at a dirigible's pace. Graham Hawkes plans to change that with a sub that flies."
(Popular Mechanics - December 2009)


"Northern Florida Springs: Underwater mazes, clear, rushing fresh water and natural light shows feed the urge to submerge"
(Scuba Diving - December 2008)


"Livin' the Dream: Abacos, Bahamas"
(Caribbean Travel + Life - December 2008)

"Turtle Tracking"
(Islands - June, 2008)

"Coral, Colombian Style"
(Sport Diver - April 2008)


"Providencia: An Heirloom Jewel"
(Caribbean Travel + Life - March 2008)


"Get Equipped: Scuba gear review"
(Outside's GO - Fall 2007)

"Hall Pass: Distraction-Free Diving"
(Outside Traveler - Fall/Winter 2006-2007)

"Go Next: Ku Hotel, Shoal Bay East, Anguilla"
(Outside Traveler - Fall/Winter 2006-2007)

"Go Next: Tranquility Bay, Marathon, Florida"
(Outside Traveler - Spring/Summer 2006)

"Go Next: Hotel Victor, South Beach, Miami, Florida"
(Outside Traveler - Winter 2006)

"Kerry Black: Wave Maker"
(Outside - December 2005)


"Hot Properties: Morgan's Rock Hacienda & Ecolodge: San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua"
(Outside Traveler - Spring/Summer 2005)


"A Titanic Undertaking: Robert Ballard Q&A" (PopularScience.com - May 2005)

"Opening Davy Jones's Locker--Very Carefully: Scuba-trained investigators are learning protocols for examining watery graves."
(Popular Science - November 2004)


"Treasure Island: An innovative platform brings Spanish shipwreck spoils to intrepid divers in the Florida Keys"
(Outside Traveler - Summer 2004)


"Hotel Oceana: An innovative dive outfitter lays plans to build a futuristic platform resort-- right next to the reef"
(Outside - May 2004)


"Wrangling Gators in the Glades"
(Popular Science - January 2004)

"Deep Transmissions: Armed with a revolutionary new tracking device, cave divers map threats to Florida's main water source"
(Outside - October 2003)


"Underwater Airplane Takes Flight"
(Popular Science - April 2003)

"Mission #1: Be the first to bag the Seven Plummets--the deepest spots in each of the Seven Seas"
(Outside - October 2002)


"First Naval Gun Turret to Rise From the Deep"
(NewScientist.com - July 19, 2002)

"Volvo Ocean Race Geofiles: Navigation"
(NationalGeographic.com - May 2002)

"To Catch a Record Wave"
(Discovery.com - March 25, 2002)

"Surf's Up for Reef Health Check"
(Discovery.com - January 2002)

"Volvo Ocean Race Geofiles: Icebergs and Ocean Racers"
(NationalGeographic.com - January 2002)

"Volvo Ocean Race Geofiles: Tasman Seamounts"
(NationalGeographic.com - January 2002)

"Volvo Ocean Race Geofiles: Massive Migration"
(NationalGeographic.com - November 2001)

"Volvo Ocean Race Geofiles: The Doldrums: Sailing's Dead Zone"
(NationalGeographic.com - August 2001)

"Coral Companions: Disappearing polyps and what it means to surfers"
(Surfer - May 2001)

"Gene Pool: Think fly-fishing is sacred? Meet supertrout"
(Outside - May 2001)

"Watts Your Step: One British startup plans to wire your shoes"
(Outside - October, 2000)

"60,000 Bucks Under the Sea: High-priced deep ocean tourism"
(Outside - June 2000)