Freelance writer and editor
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PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ common in kids’ school uniforms
Products intended for children, particularly school uniforms, have been found to have high levels of PFAS chemicals, potentially exposing kids…
It’s Just a Superstition — but Is It Harmless?
Airports typically exclude Gate 13. Some buildings skip the 13th floor. And Friday the 13th is not known as a…
Energy crisis squeezes science at CERN and other major facilities
LHC to end 2022 data-taking season two weeks early to save on electricity, among other measures. As energy prices spike…
Catching up with Canada’s chief science adviser
As she begins her second term, Mona Nemer weighs in on shaping the pandemic response, the battle against misinformation, and…
How switching to silicon could help batteries last longer
As the world begins to rely ever more on batteries to store and provide power as part of the fight…
How “long covid” is shedding light on postviral syndromes
The global burden of long covid has put a spotlight on the long neglected mystery of postviral syndromes. Brian Owens…
Publications
- Aperio (1)
- Arctic Deeply (3)
- Audubon Magazine (1)
- BMJ (3)
- Canadian Geographic (14)
- Canadian Medical Association Journal (61)
- Canadian Science Writers' Association (1)
- Chemistry World (11)
- CICNews (12)
- Ensia (1)
- FACETS (1)
- Great Lakes Now (13)
- Hakai (52)
- Inside Science (52)
- Ivy Asks (4)
- Materials Today (6)
- Medscape (16)
- Motherboard (2)
- Nature (94)
- Nature Biotechnology (5)
- Nature Index (5)
- Nature Medicine (4)
- Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (1)
- New Scientist (49)
- Research Canada (2)
- Research Fortnight (6)
- SciDev.Net (5)
- Science (15)
- Science Borealis (2)
- Science.ca (1)
- Scientific American (1)
- The Lancet (19)
- The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (1)
- The Lancet Rheumatology (4)
- The Narwhal (2)
- The Pharmaceutical Journal (6)
- The Tyee (83)
- University Affairs (26)
- Water Canada (1)
- WebMD (1)
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