Things I’ve Written

2018

The tip of the CRISPR icebergPursuit, February 2018

2017

Driving Mosquitoes out of TownAustralasian Science, July 2017

Not just a moment — Lateral Magazine, May 2017

Uncertainty, on principle — Lateral Magazine, April 2017

Barbara McClintock and the children of the corn — Lateral Magazine, March 2017

Off the page — Lateral Magazine, January 2017

2016

No news is bad news — Lateral Magazine, December 2016

Computer brains in person-shaped jars — Lateral Magazine, October 2016

A most human heresy — Lateral Magazine, September 2016

Ask evolution: Why do we have five fingers?SBS Science, August 2016

Where is our grief over the reef? — Lateral Magazine, August 2016

Ask evolution: Why do men have beards?SBS Science, July 2016

Ask evolution: Why do we have butt cheeks?SBS Science, July 2016

Reining in the rush hour — Lateral Magazine, July 2016

4 worst cases when genetics has been dragged into politicsSBS Science, June 2016

The “gay gene” and other things people often get wrong about geneticsSBS Science, May 2016

The exceptional scientific study that’s been going for over 40 yearsSBS Science, May 2016

Building an antibacterial bridge — Lateral Magazine, May 2016

Driving out hard jargon — Lateral Magazine, April 2016

Breaking through the breakthrough — Lateral Magazine, February 2016

The genome is not enough — Lateral Magazine, January 2016

2015

Misplaced oral fixations — Lateral Magazine, December 2015

The butterfly affect — Lateral Magazine, November 2015

Modern technology’s unfortunate metallic secret — Lateral Magazine, September 2015

Thinking Laterally — Lateral Magazine, August 2015

2012

The elaborate evolutionary history of sexCOSMOS Online, July 2012 (piece no longer available online)