Story Gallery

Like all good journalism, the work of our students, faculty, and alumni speaks for itself. Check out an array of recently published stories below.

 
Popular Science
May 2nd, 2018
Drones can take scientists to strange new places—like inside whale snot
Jessica Boddy
SHERP 2018
Popular Science
April 25th, 2018
We have too many jellyfish, so scientists want to cover them in chocolate
Chloe Williams
SHERP 2018
Stat
April 17th, 2018
Nursing homes routinely refuse people on addiction treatment — which some experts say is illegal
Allison Bond
SHERP, 2009
The Atlantic
April 7th, 2018
Why Glass is Humankind’s Most Important Material
Douglas Main
SHERP 2011
Science News
April 3rd, 2018
Are we ready for the deadly heat waves of the future?
Aimee Cunningham
SHERP 2004
Undark
March 28th, 2018
Toward a More Peaceful (and High-Tech) Coexistence with Sharks
Jeremy Hsu
SHERP 2007
Slate Publication Logo
March 28th, 2018
We’re Not Really Sure How to Assess the Concussions of Athletes With Learning Disabilities
Nicole Wetsman
SHERP 2017
Tonic
March 20th, 2018
America’s Doctors Are Burned Out and We’re Finally Taking It Seriously
Lexi Krupp
SHERP 2018
Genome
March 1st, 2018
From 13 Years to 20 Hours, Genome Sequencing Breaks Record
Abigail Fagan
SHERP 2017
Mashable
February 10th, 2018
The Park Service is stuck in $11.3 billion hole, but jacking up fees isn’t the way out
Mark Kaufman
SHERP 2017
Quartz
February 1st, 2018
Football will keep killing players until we change the way it’s played
Katherine Ellen Foley
SHERP 2015
Undark
January 29th, 2018
A Rollback of DACA Would Undercut American Science, Too
Emiliano Rodríguez Mega
SHERP 2018
Audubon
January 24th, 2018
A Questionable Piece of Legislation Could Drastically Change Our National Forests
Leslie Nemo
SHERP 2017
IEEE Spectrum
January 3rd, 2018
Charity lets you mine cryptocurrency to post bail
Dan Robitzski
SHERP 2017
The New York Times
January 2nd, 2018
To sate China’s demand, African donkeys are stolen and skinned
Rachel Nuwer
Adjunct Faculty
E&E News
January 2nd, 2018
Researchers can now blame warming for individual disasters
Chelsea Harvey
SHERP 2014
Science Friday
December 15th, 2017
Ghosts in the reels: What will become of the forgotten data preserved on the magnetic tape of the past?
Lauren J. Young
SHERP 2015
Undark
November 20th, 2017
As Temperatures Rise, the Risks for Pregnant Women May Rise Too
Ellie Kincaid
SHERP, 2016
The New York Times
November 6th, 2017
The Cool Beginnings of a Volcano’s Supereruption
Shannon Hall
SHERP 2015
Slate Publication Logo
November 6th, 2017
Sexism Starts in Childhood. It can also be stopped there.
Melinda Wenner Moyer
Adjunct Faculty
The Texas Observer
October 30th, 2017
How to Disappear a River
Naveena Sadasivam
SHERP 2013
The Nation
October 30th, 2017
Did Monsanto Ignore Evidence Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer?
Rene Ebersole
Adjunct Faculty
Slate Publication Logo
October 27th, 2017
Museums Are Just About the Only Places Ready for the Next Natural Disaster
Eleanor Cummins
Adjunct Faculty | SHERP 2017
Audubon
October 17th, 2017
With Tiny Trackers, Scientists Get a Closer Look at How Vultures Lazily Circle in the Air
Leslie Nemo
SHERP 2017