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Science Beat - Winter 2004
Could a UCLA-style Black Market for Body Parts Exist in Chicago?
My final piece for the Medill News Service - and what better note to leave on than dismembering
cadavers and selling them to major pharmaceutical corporations?
Evidence of Water Found on Mars, NASA Says
Brain May Heal Itself
A breaking news story on some research into neural stem cells at UC San Francisco. This story was covered the same
day in the NY Times, and other major papers.
Scientists Use Rovers to Find Source of Water on Red Planet
A fun analysis piece on the variety of competing climatological models of ancient Mars. (Okay, my definition
of fun is a little odd. Bear with me.)
A Computer Program to Answer Big Questions about Small Particles
One of my huge, in-depth physics articles: Quanum theory, computer science, and why the universe doesn't explode.
The Goo that Ate the Universe
Another huge physics story; this one is about quark-gluon plasmas (which aren't really "goo") and the nature
of "proof" in modern theoretical physics.
Special Feature
A Walk in the Lab
A little blog, with photos, about my week at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Look out for the duck.
Business Beat - Summer, 2003
Farmers Say Farm Bill is not Making Any Difference
A semi-investigative feature on the supposedly huge 2002 Farm Bill, and how some Illinois farmers are really
reacting to it.
Company Trades Chemicals for Seeds
A profile of midwest biotech giant Monsanto, and it's long struggle to reinvent itself.
(An update of this story,
filed two days earlier, when Monstano's legal prospects looked better.
Facing Opposition, Building an Image
Sidebar about Monsanto's nonprofit work.
Domestic Producers Aim to Ease EU Worries
Earlier story about GM foods, from the Times of Northwest Indiana
Everybody Loves E85
A feature about Illinois' favorite alternative fuel.
Wheaton Agency Takes Pride in the Success of Grassroots Tactics
A "success story" for the Daily Herald, Illinois' largest suburban daily.
Somebody's Got to do It
Another prospective "success story" that never ran.
Wisconsin to Create Deer Eradication Zone.
Second Quarter Earnings Drop for Corn Products International Inc.
Sanderson Farms Inc. Earnings Jump 66 Percent
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