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A selection of pieces that I consider interesting or important and that are available online ==>
The Vaccine That Almost Wasn't: A profile of GlaxoSmithKline's decision to develop a Rotavirus vaccine for a market in the developing world. (Technology Review)
An Overweight Man Learns He Can't Hide Behind His Mom's Genes: An essay I wrote about my experience with a genome scan provided by Navigencs. (The Washington Post)
Surgery Relieves Migraine Headaches: A news article from a plastic surgery conference. (Medscape)
Science Perspectives (Repelling Invaders: Hawaiian foresters use ecology to counter invasives species): Science Perspectives was the newsletter for the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Center. I wrote copy for several issues. (U.S. Forest Service)
Semi-Autonomous (or, 'For Whom the Warrantee Tolls'): Originally published in Nature's 'futures' column, this short science fiction story was recorded for Escape Pod. (Nature, Escape Pod)