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Selected Articles
Health-Medicine-Biology
“From Rehab to Regeneration,” The Journal of Life Sciences, 9/07.
“The Long Journey from Stem Cells to Medical Product,” Cell, 4/7/06.
“Sea-quence; Craig Venter, of human genome fame, mines the oceans for genetic riches,” San Diego Union Tribune, 11/9/05.
“Stemming the Slide; Injected into the heart, stem cells may pump new life into patients with cardiovascular disease," San Diego Union-Tribune, 4/20/05.
“When Stem Cell Research Gets Personal,” The Boston Globe Magazine, 12/5/04.
“Stem Cell Research Awaits Shifting Tide,” The Boston Globe, 8/2/04, op-ed.
“Eyes Revised; Scientists see a day when damaged vision might be repaired with regrown retinas,” San Diego Union Tribune, 5/1/02.
“Neural Stem Cells,” BrainWork, Jan-Feb 2002.
"Acupuncture: Getting the Point," Harvard Health Letter, 8/93.
Technology
“Stem Cell Biotech,” Cell, 2/22/08.
"The Quest For Truth: Lie-detector tests are all the rage, but what do they really prove?" The Boston Globe, Science Section, 8/15/00.
"Genetic Tests; New technology can predict your likelihood of developing a devastating disease such as breast or colon cancer. But how much do you really want to know?" McCall's, 9/96.
"Here Comes The Sun-Power," Boston Sunday Herald, Business Section, 8/4/91.
"Where To Put All Those Books? Universities turn to remote storage," Boston Sunday Globe, 5/1/88.
"Email Catches on Like The Phone," The Boston Globe, Business Section, 11/25/86.
Environment and Other Sciences
“Green Ambitions,” The Boston Globe, 12/16/07.
“Neandertals Hunted as Well as Humans,” NationalGeographic.com, 1/25/06.
“Hazy Conclusions; Climatologists know a brown layer covers placeAsia; what they don't know is what it's doing to rainfall, temperature,” San Diego Union-Tribune, 4/3/02.
“The Quest for Truth; Lie-detector Tests,” The Boston Globe, 8/15/2000
"Isle of Bombs and Birds; According to naturalists, a bombing range and a wildlife refuge are making strangely compatible bedfellows on Noman's Land," Cover story for the Boston Sunday Herald Magazine, 9/29/91.
"Physics Revolution Changing Shape of Geometric Thought," Boston Sunday Herald, 11/11/90 ["ScienceScope" column].
"Sunspots May Hold Clues to Climate," Boston Sunday Herald, 9/23/90 ["ScienceScope" column].
“Here comes the Sun-Power,” Boston Sunday Herald, 8/4/91 [business section].
"Weaver-Scientist Probes Spiders' Rough, Tough Spin," Boston Sunday Herald, 2/11/90 ["ScienceScope" column].
"Eagles Are Helped by Their Foe, Man," The Sunday New York Times, 3/13/88.
"Vineyard Aim: Osprey in Every Yard," The Sunday New York Times, 6/14/87.
"Epic 10-Year Ocean Watch Planned; Project may finally tell us how the seas work, affect climate," The Boston Globe, Science Section, 5/18/87.
Profiles-Interviews
“Biopolis: Village on a Hill,” Cell Stem Cell, 9/07.
“Scientist at Work: Peggy Whitson,” NASA Astronaut, The New York Times, 9/5/06.
“Interview: Aharon Appelfeld,” Boston Review, December 1982.
"A Talk With Susan Sontag In Which She says 'Bah, humbug,' to her critics," The Boston Phoenix, 12/13/77.
"Lotte Jacobi, Camera Artist,” Boston Sunday Globe Magazine, 10/16/77.
Travel and Miscellany
“A Visit to New Bedford, Mass., New York Times, 11/10/06.
"Wowie Maui; Golfing Hawaii's Valley Isle," Golf For Women, Nov-Dec 93.
"Nevis: The Pace is Pleasantly Slow," Boston Sunday Globe, Travel Section, 12/4/88.
"Germany 1,000 Years Ago: Castles keep medieval era alive," Boston Sunday Herald, Travel Section, 7/31/88. [subject: castles & wine along the placeRhine].
“The Maine Way,” Boat Builder Joel White, The Boston Sunday Globe, 8/23/87.
"Library Space Is All Booked Up," The Boston Globe, 12/19/87.
"Widely Acclaimed Pianos Symbolize Old Massachusetts City's Resurgence," The New York Times, 3/22/87.
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