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

 
Vox
February 18th, 2016
Bernie Sanders: A Linguistic Analysis (video)
Joss Fong
SHERP 2013
The Washington Post
February 16th, 2016
The Shocking Science of Sword Swallowing
Ryan F. Mandelbaum
SHERP, 2016
The Atlantic
February 10th, 2016
The Zika Virus’s Family Tree
Chelsey Coombs
SHERP 2015
Quartz
February 10th, 2016
Pucker Up: The Intriguing Science Behind Kissing
Katherine Ellen Foley
SHERP 2015
Live Science
February 9th, 2016
The Odds of Dying
Laura Geggel
SHERP 2012
Motherboard
January 26th, 2016
Two American Physics Labs Are Vying for a Billion-Dollar Particle Accelerator
Ryan F. Mandelbaum
SHERP, 2016
National Geographic
January 21st, 2016
Tiger Temple Accused of Supplying Black Market
Sharon Guynup
SHERP 1998
Vox
January 14th, 2016
I’m a doctor. I worry every time I prescribe painkillers to a patient.
Allison Bond
SHERP, 2009
Mashable
January 13th, 2016
A Prominent Astronomy Professor’s History of Sexual Harassment
Miriam Kramer
SHERP 2012
Outside
January 12th, 2016
How the New Science of Freezing Can Save Your Life
Rene Ebersole
Adjunct Faculty
Nature
January 6th, 2016
The Next Wave of Brain-Computer Interfaces
Katherine Ellen Foley
SHERP 2015
Live Science
December 7th, 2015
The Best Way to Lose Weight Safely
Rachael Rettner
SHERP 2009
The BMJ
December 2nd, 2015
India’s “Health Camps”: The Drug Rep Will See You Now
Fred Jolving
SHERP 2009
Radiolab
November 22nd, 2015
Birthstory: Conception takes on a new form – it’s the sperm and the egg, plus two wombs, four countries, and money. Lots of money.
Molly Webster
SHERP 2007
Live Science
November 21st, 2015
‘The Good Dinosaur’: Could Humans and Dinos Coexist?
Laura Geggel
SHERP 2012
NPR
November 5th, 2015
Stereotypes About Teens Can Undermine Parents’ Confidence
Aimee Cunningham
SHERP 2004
@Brookhaven Today
November 4th, 2015
Physicists Measure Force that Makes Antimatter Stick Together
Karen McNulty Walsh
SHERP 1989
Mashable
October 31st, 2015
Stop Panicking About Cancer Risk from Processed and Red Meat
Chelsea Harvey
SHERP 2014
The New York Times
October 29th, 2015
Bread is Broken: Industrial production destroyed the taste and the nutritional value of wheat. One scientist believes he can undo the damage.
Ferris Jabr
SHERP 2010
The Atlantic
October 22nd, 2015
The Invisible Women With Autism
Apoorva Mandavilli
SHERP 1999
Scientific American
October 21st, 2015
Many Antidepressant Studies Found Tainted by Pharma Company Influence
Roni Jacobson
SHERP 2013
Newsweek
September 17th, 2015
The Fake Drug Industry Is Exploding, and We Can’t Do Anything About It
Alexandra Ossola
SHERP 2014
Cool Green Science
September 4th, 2015
Eavesdropping on the Sounds of the Rainforest
Justine Hausheer
SHERP 2012
Nautilus
August 29th, 2015
The Supervolcano Under Yellowstone is Alive and Kicking
Shannon Hall
SHERP 2015