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Whenever time and money allow, I prefer to accompany my subjects into the field so that I can get a first–hand, in–depth look at their craft. This allows me take readers by the hand and let them participate vicariously in the researcher's fieldwork, giving them a sense of the joys, sorrows, tears and pleasures of the adventure of science.

Going into the field also gives me an excuse to dive with the world's largest sharks, or descend into a bear den in the dead of winter.

I've written and edited stories for several different magazines, as mentioned earlier. Here's a few favorites, divided into general subject areas.

WILDLIFE BIOLOGY/NATURAL HISTORY:

• Fire Down Under, Natural History Magazine.
• On the Tail of the Tiger: Is a Tasmanian Legend Still Wandering the Bush?, Scientific American.
• Unlikely Bird of Paradise , National Wildlife.
• Can Wallabies Replace the Lab Rat?, Scientific American.
• Wide Use of Rabbit Virus Is Good News for Native Species, Science.
• A Bearing on Bears, Massachusetts Wildlife.
• "World's Biggest Fish — Why tourists and researchers are flocking to Western Australia to swim with school-bus-sized whale sharks,", International Wildlife.

TECHNOLOGY:

• The Power of Mud, Your World -- Biotechnology Institute.
• Next Little Thing: Electricity from Wave Power, Fortune Small Business.
• Australia's Solar Sailor, Technology Review.
• Behind the Scenes at National Geographic, Photonics Spectra.
• Extreme Photonics: Mega Mirrors, Photonics Spectra.
• Photovoltaics Grows Up (and Leaves Home?), Photonics Spectra.

HEALTH & MEDICINE:

• Clinical tests imminent for laser glaucoma treatment, Biophotonics International.
• Fetal laser surgery moves closer to home, Biophotonics International.
• New Optical Fiber May Help Revive Troubled Cancer Treatment, Biophotonics International.

COOL STUFF:

• Back to the Future, Cosmos.
• Beyond the Ultra Deep Levels: Getting to the bottom of things at the world's deepest gold mine. , Cosmos.
• Swim Like a Fish, New Scientist.
• Virtual Chemistry — or, How To Do Chemistry Without Chemicals, American Chemical Society.
• Taking Ballistics by Storm, Scientific American.
• Return to Sender: Aboriginal design is still the best place to start if you want to get your boomerang back, The Sciences.

HUMOR:

• Charm School, Photonics Spectra.
• Laser-Accurate Lookalikes, Photonics Spectra.
• World's Oldest Dirty Dishes?, Photonics Spectra.
• Not a Pretty Site, Photonics Spectra.

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