Multimedia story on the many environmental pressures on the Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia in the Southeast Asia Globe, July 26, 2022.
Big story (in German) on intermittent fasting in RiffReporter, March 31, 2022.
Multimedia story (in German) on environmental threats to the Mekong and Tonle Sap lake in Cambodia. Features three videos I shot in Cambodia. RiffReporter, 09/05/2021.
Story (in German) on the value of nature’s ecosystem services for our water and what happens if these services disappear. Discusses case studies in China, India, Cambodia and the U.S. RiffReporter, 05/31/2021.
Story on intermittent fasting in the Washington Post, 02/27/2021.
Big story on intermittent fasting out in Knowable Magazine, 01/29/2021.
My article (in German) on the Pandemic Silence Project. RiffReporter, 04/14/2020
Launched The Pandemic Silence Project, a global call to record the sounds of the pandemic shutdown to capture the quieting-down (or change) of the world's soundscapes during the COVID-19 pandemic. 04/05/2020
Article (in German) on whether people who recovered from Covid-19 develop immunity to SARS-CoV-2. RiffReporter, 04/02/2020
Article (in German) on how long it takes to develop a vaccine to protect from SARS-CoV-2 infection. RiffReporter, 03/28/2020
Songbird - A virtual moment of extinction (VR piece that takes the viewer back in time to meet the legendary extinct ʻōʻō bird and hear its last song in 360° virtual reality). The Guardian, 05/25/2018
Der Krieg gegen den Krach (on efforts to study and reduce noise in New York City). DIE ZEIT, 11/12/2017
Artificial Synapses Could Lead To Brainier, Super-Efficient Computers. WIRED, 10/04/2017
Nachtigall, ick hör' Dir singen (frequency spectrogram based on a nightingale recording by Christian Schwägerl from the Treptower Park in Berlin, Germany; this is a black-and-white version while the one that appeared is red-on-black). RiffReporter, 3/31/2017
The Biological Clock Hidden in Animals' Teeth. The Atlantic, 12/19/2016
Partitur der Natur (on Bernie Krause soundscape exhibition in Paris, France). Greenpeace Magazin (independent from Greenpeace), November - December 2016
How to get started in data journalism. Storybench, 8/16/2016
Does Stress Speed Up Evolution? Nautilus Magazine, 3/31/2016
Klangökologie: Die Symphonien der Natur. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 12/10/15:
6,000-word multimedia project on the world's soundscapes, featuring an interactive world map and over 70 videos showing sound visualizations, concerts, and researchers explaining how they record sound. It won a Grimme Online Award and a European Newspaper Award. This video is the project trailer produced for the Grimme award ceremony in June 2016 in Cologne.
Von der Wiege der Menschheit bis zum Ende der Welt (Q & A with journalist Paul Salopek on his Out of Eden Walk project). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 5/25/15
NYAS Meeting Suggests Progress in Schizophrenia, Depression Biomarkers. Schizophrenia Research Forum, 5/6/14
Biomedical research: Are All the Results Correct? (on reproducibility problems in research). Burroughs Wellcome Fund Special Report, 3/31/14
Face-blind people can learn to tell similar shapes apart. Nature, 3/24/14
In business as in science, prejudice holds women back. Nature, 3/10/14
Once a Collector, Always a Collector (Q&A with the man behind one of the world’s largest AIDS poster collections). IAVI Report, Winter 2013
Keystone in Rio: Breakthroughs, Predictions, and Surprises (report from vaccine research meeting). IAVI Report, Winter 2013
Neuromyelitis optica (four-part series on the disease). Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Forum, 10/22/13
Bangkok after RV144 (report on HIV research landscape in Bangkok). IAVI Report, Fall 2013
When failure is good: Transforming rejection into great articles. pitchpublishprosper.com (blog of the authors of The Science Writers' Handbook), 9/9/13
Game of Clones (about how small RNAs that inhibit genes can be used to fight viruses). VAX, September 2013
Living positive in Malaysia (Q&A with Malaysian AIDS activist interviewed in Kuala Lumpur). IAVI Report, August 2013
The Challenges of bilingual reporting and writing. pitchpublishprosper.com, 4/19/13
Kunststoff-Streit: Neue Runde (on bisphenol A). SonntagsZeitung (Switzerland), 2/24/13
Playing Music—Through a Squid. Science Friday radio show web site, 1/2/2013
Is it ever too early? (on earlier start of antiretroviral HIV treatment). IAVI Report, Sep.-Oct. 2012
One man makes a stand for his pink T-shirt and blue mojito (on differences between German and American dating culture). Los Angeles Times, 9/18/12
FDA Approves Truvada for Use in PrEP. IAVI Report blog, 7/16/12
A gut response to vaccines (report from conference in New Delhi on how malnutrition affects vaccine responses). IAVI Report, Nov.-Dec. 2011
The Best And Worst Drugs For Women. Prevention, November 2011
The Art of the virus (Q&A with artist who makes glass sculptures of viruses). IAVI Report, Nov.-Dec. 2010
Deadly Synergy (on TB and HIV co-infection). IAVI Report, Sep.-Oct. 2009
Touching the brain (on deep brain stimulation). Los Angeles Times, 6/1/09
Green this to that (on greener living). Prevention, October 2008
Next-Generation Sequencing: The Race Is On. Cell, 3/7/08
He’s against the grain and high on fat (Q&A with Gary Taubes on his new book). Los Angeles Times, 10/22/07
Numbers can lie (feature on the limitations of epidemiological studies). Los Angeles Times, 9/17/07. This story was also featured in The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2008.
Die Krux mit der Studie. SonntagsZeitung (Switzerland), 11/18/07
Brain attack (on stroke treatments). Science News, 7/14/07
How Germany nurtures its nanotech industry. Small Times, May/June 2007
Superpostdocs Reach for the Stars. Cell, 3/23/07
Can we live longer? Los Angeles Times, 12/25/06
What’s in a nano name? Industry calls for consistent terminology. Small Times, July/August 2006
Counting on low calories’ benefits (on caloric restriction). Los Angeles Times, 2/13/06
Seeking New Antibiotics in Nature’s Backyard. Cell, 12/1/06
The Breakfast hype (challenges the notion that breakfast is the most important meal) Los Angeles Times, 9/18/06
Prevention's anti-aging guide. Prevention, September 2006
Reaction is mixed to petition asking FDA to recall sunscreens that use nanotechnology. Small Times, 5/30/06
Study shows no nano in Magic Nano, the German product recalled for causing breathing problems. Small Times, 5/26/06
Stalking an insidious killer (on ovarian cancer). Los Angeles Times, 5/8/06
The other drug war (on search for new antibiotics). Los Angeles Times, 3/13/06
It’s all in your mind. New technology helps patients reduce chronic pain. Monterey County Herald, 12/19/05
The real death of print (on Google’s plan to digitize millions of books). Nature, 12/1/05
Spanish flu papers put spotlight on ‘dual use’ decisions. Nature Medicine, 10/27/05
The 1918 flu virus is resurrected. Nature, 10/6/05
Senate hearings strengthen calls for US action over climate. Nature, 7/28/05
Universe spawned stars at a young age. Nature, 4/6/05
Seaweed eradication effort working. Monterey County Herald, 3/14/05
Brainstorming: Neuromarketing seen as way to boost product appeal. Monterey County Herald, 2/25/05
County expanding tsunami readiness. Monterey County Herald, 2/7/05
Warmer temperatures may mean headier wine. Monterey County Herald, 2/13/05
Scientists dig for clues to cause of earthquakes (on Parkfield earthquake). Monterey County Herald, 9/30/04
Athens Olympics---Delayed broadcast destroys the drama. Chicago Tribune, 8/22/04
Sue grew at a gargantuan rate. Chicago Tribune, 8/12/04
One strong tyke: Gene mutation in muscular boy may hold disease clues. Chicago Tribune, 6/24/04
Comet dust seen as key to life. Chicago Tribune, 6/18/04