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My feature article in the November issue of Wired reveals how lost ingredients are changing the perfume industry. Recent articles in the Boston Globe's Ideas section explore the future of roads, the ecology of the indoors, how we can document smells as history and the downside of disclosing conflicts of interest.

Check out coverage of Superdove here :
"The Un-Bird" - New York Times Book Review
"Don't Pigeonhole Them" - USA Today
"Reassessing the Pigeon" - NPR's On Point
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I'm a freelance writer in Boston specializing in features, books, and research news about medicine, science, and nature. I'm the author of Superdove: How the Pigeon Took Manhattan...And the World, published in August 2008 by Smithsonian Books/Harper-Collins. I'm a contributing writer for the Boston Globe's Ideas section, and I write its weekly Health Answers column. My work has appeared in Harvard Magazine, MIT's Technology Review, Seed Magazine, Conservation Magazine, and other publications. I'm a graduate of the MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing. From topics like pigeons to microbes to perfumery, my work follows the path of my curiosity. I look for stories that show the hidden meanings and paradoxes in our world.

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