Selected Writing
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How One Philadelphia Prison Could Change Incarceration in America
A groundbreaking research project has reimagined an entire unit with Scandinavian principles. Could it revolutionize U.S. prisons?
Philadelphia Magazine
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A Plant Breeder Heralds the Hazelnut
Bullied by blight, the filbert has long failed to find a home on farms in the eastern U.S. After decades of research, its arrival is imminent.
Ambrook Research
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Can MDMA Save a Marriage?
A new wave of experimental therapy is enlisting the psychedelic drug to help couples in distress heal.
Nautilus Magazine
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A Better Way to Die
Meet the community of people in Philadelphia forging a more dignified path for the dying.
Philadelphia Magazine
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A Tragedy with No End
Why does Garrett Hardin’s pessimistic fable of the "tragedy of the commons" haunt our collective imagination?
Distillations Magazine
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Can the Pawpaw Seed a More Sustainable Future?
As festivals celebrate the beloved native fruit, researchers explore its potential as a low-input, high-value crop for small farmers.
Civil Eats
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Finding the Sublime in the Domestic
A retrospective of Joan Brown explores the artist’s fascination with the everyday objects that surrounded her.
Carnegie Magazine
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Sylvia Earle and the Call of the Deep
Diving’s interwoven history of exploration and exploitation can trap even a decorated naturalist like so many fish in a net.
Distillations Magazine
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Chester Residents Fight Back Against $6B LNG Terminal
“There’s no place to put it that is not going to be an unbearable, intolerable burden for the people who live near it.”
Environmental Health News