Out of Elements

I worked on one of my favorite articles and infographics for the June 2010 issue of Popular Science, on the elements that we couldn’t do without. It brought back memories of high-school and college chemistry, and the infographic itself involves a periodic table. It was interesting to even think of the fact that we do […]

PopSci and Ars Technica feature parasite I did my PhD on!

Gold Nanoparticles and Lasers Kill the Brain Parasite That Causes “Crazy Cat Lady” Syndrome | Popular Science. I never thought this would happen, but PopSci had an article on Toxoplasma, the fascinating parasite that I spent 6 years studying during my PhD. The article itself is about a fairly futuristic-sounding technique to use gold nanoparticles […]

Browse the Complete PopSci Archive – Check out the flying cars!

New! Browse the Complete PopSci Archive | Popular Science. Ok, this is pretty awesome…Popular Science has put their entire archives online, and it’s all searchable…all 137 years of PopSci in one place. They’re apparently working on a way to browse it, which would be sweet just to see all the covers, but I had a […]

4 articles in the March issue of Popular Science

No wonder I’ve been busy…the March issue of Popular Science just came out, and it was a busy one for me, I had 4 articles in there. There was a Megapixels, which I’ve done before, but all the other sections were totally new for me – 2 Headlines stories and 1 How it Works. Was […]

A Race Against Time To Complete New Delhi’s Newest Subway Line | Popular Science

A Race Against Time To Complete New Delhi’s Newest Subway Line | Popular Science. Another Megapixels writeup from the February issue of Popular Science. This one was interesting because it was about the Delhi Metro; given that I went to high school in Delhi and visit their regularly, I’ve actually seen the Metro being constructed, […]

Popular Science editor on Good Morning America

Good Morning America Asks About the Future: PopSci Has the Answers The deputy editor at Popular Science, Jake Ward, was recently on Good Morning America. Follow the above link for a video of him answering questions on what Popular Science envisions for the future. I found it interesting to see Popular Science, which has its […]

Photographed: Ratchet-Like Cell Mechanism that Pulls Wounds Shut | Popular Science

Photographed: Ratchet-Like Cell Mechanism that Pulls Wounds Shut | Popular Science. A short piece I did for Popular Science magazine’s Megapixels section, which features a two-page spread photograph. The web version is available at PopSci.com at the link above. They’re usually pretty stunning, and I like this fluorescent image of dorsal closure in a fruit […]