Kristen C. French
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​Something in Your Voice
New speech analysis technologies can help diagnose mental illness. But they also raise troubling questions.
​Proto

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Pastor D.J. Soto is Putting His Faith in a Virtual Reality Church
D.J. Soto believes Christianity can be renewed through worship in virtual space. His VR mega-church is even attracting atheists.    
​Wired

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First They Got Sick, Then They Moved into a Virtual Utopia
Real life Fran was a hiker and a dancer. But when Parkinson's stole her mobility,
​she discovered a new home--and a community of others like her--inside Second Life.    
​Wired 

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New Weapons in Old Fight to Save Forests
The Wounaan people of Panama are taking up drones and GPS to protect forest on their
​tribal lands from marauding loggers. Their chief was already killed in the fight.   
Al Jazeera

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Fiery Dispute Over Hot Rocks in Hawaii
Residents of a hippie enclave on the Big Island say the local geothermal plant is bad for
​their health. It's part of a colorful ongoing battle in the nation's most oil-dependent state
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Al Jazeera

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Paradise Lost
Supercolonies of tiny fire ants are threatening the farms and beaches of Hawaii.
The ants are just one of many invasive species plaguing the islands. 
Al Jazeera

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Can Wind Turbines Make You Sick? Or Crazy?
Some people living in the shadows of wind turbines say they’re making them sick. Almost as
upsetting: Their neighbors don’t feel a thing.

New York (print)

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The Telltale Strand
The genomics revolution has hit the courtroom, with the first case that relies on a powerful
new DNA reading technique. Called next generation sequencing, it will transform forensic science. 

Proto

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Is Genetic Privacy a Myth?
Genetic tests and genome sequencing are generating terabytes of sensitive private
data. How can they be kept safe?

Proto


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How to Adapt to Your Face Transplant
The human face is a kind of synecdoche for the self, and yet a face transplant may
​be less disruptive to the psyche than we might expect. 

Nautilus

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The Curious Case of the Bog Bodies
Why do so many perfectly preserved corpses found in Europe's peat bogs
​show signs of violent death? 
Nautilus

Medium: I Contain Multitudes 
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(a series on the microbiome from Tangled Bank Studios, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

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Mummies Speak to Us Via Ancient Bacteria
​Preserved mummy bacteria can tell us a lot about the evolution of pathogens and antibiotic resistance. 
Medium 

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Inside the Search for New Antibiotics
​As the threat of drug-resistant superbugs grows, scientists are hunting for new
cures in some of the planet's dirtiest places. 

Medium

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Symbiosis: It's Complicated
​Many organisms are locked into codependent relationships with the microbes that live within them. But sometimes these resident microbes themselves play host to even tinier guests. 
Medium


News and Analysis
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​Fighting Anti-Vaxxers with a Marathon Science Reading
If anything can get past the vitriol of the vaccine wars, it's On Immunity.
The Verge

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Meet the Beetle
Hawaii keeps nervous eye on horned invader.
Al Jazeera

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Every Sunday, There’s a Protest Outside John Paulson’s Enormous Townhouse
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It involves an open pit gold mine in a small town in Romania. 
New York (web)

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Food Web: Trade Networks May be Key to Solving Hunger
Global trade helps nations meet food demand, but also increases the possibility that shocks to food production will cross borders.
Earth Institute

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Why do Floods Happen on Sunny Days?
An insidious breed of inundation is quietly consuming towns and cities along the U.S. coastline and around the world. 
Earth Institute

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The Battle of the Bouffant
Guidelines for operating room attire may change in 2019 and ease tension over donning the controversial bouffant. 
Proto

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Should Older Patients Have their Own ED?
Guidelines for operating room attire may change in 2019 and ease tension over donning the controversial bouffant. 
Proto

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Why Doctors Must Solve the Suicide Problem
As despair deaths reach historic levels in the U.S., healthcare checkpoints may be the best place for intervention.
Proto

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The Shape of Things
Design choices pervade the health care system, and pediatrician Joyce Lee wants to make them smarter.
Proto 

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Babel in the ICU
Machines in an ICU can't speak to one another—but what if they could?
Proto

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A Touch of Sugar
The science behind placebos has come a long way since the sugar pill.
Ted Kaptchuk is leading the revolution.
Proto

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Same Pig, Second Act
After major breakthrough in gene editing, pig organs show new promise for use in humans.
Proto

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Unsound the Alarm
Hundreds of alarms compete for a clinician's attention. Can less noise mean better care?
Proto


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New Allies in the HIV Fight
An MGH program in South Africa partners with young women to research the earliest phase of HIV infection.
Proto

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A Peruvian Farmer is Suing an Energy Giant over Climate Change
The Verge

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Power Glove Makes Music with the Wave of a Hand
Popular Mechanics

Guernica

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Nabokov, Resurrected
The Original of Laura was written at the end of Nabokov's life, and he asked his wife to destroy it. 
Now that his son Dmitri has published the work, it's tempting to see it as the ultimate
​Nabokovian prank.

Guernica

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The Man Behind the Curtain
For Brazilian-born artist and modern-day trickster Vik Muniz, subverting his own images is all
​part of the game.

Guernica


ADDITIONAL WORK
Features and News
Aquifer Alert: Can the Ogallala aquifer survive a future of drought, pollution, and pipelines? // OnEarth
Hong Kong to Tourists: Stop Coughing and Say Cheese // On Earth
Saving Lives in a Hotter World // OnEarth
Glacier Archaeology Comes of Age // Glacierhub
Artists Stage Glacier Worship to Fight Climate Change // Glacierhub
John Muir: America’s Ice Chief // Glacierhub
Kumtor Gold Mine Threatens Central Asian Glaciers and Water // Glacierhub
Iceland's "Zombie Glacier" // Glacierhub
Going to Extremes: Glacier Boarding, a New Sport // Glacierhub
Filthy Minded Teenager // OnEarth
A Vegan Turned Hunter, Lights Out for Birds, a Man and His Wolf Pack // OnEarth
Bird Lovers vs. Cat Fanciers, Only the Best for Baby, Let Them Eat Lobster! // OnEarth
A Lake's Sad History and Dusty Present, the Future of the Helmet, and Please Refrain from Spray-Painting the Cacti // OnEarth

Q&As
Disappearing Glaciers, an Artist Activist’s Muse // Glacierhub
Bad Dad to Mother Russia // OnEarth
For Sale, Baby // Guernica

Radio Doc.
Symphony of Junk, OffTheDial

Business and Finance Stories
Cockroaches of the Investment Business // Rep. magazine
Yolanda Quixote // Rep. magazine
It’s Triage Time // Rep. magazine
Building a Better Art Index // Wealthmanagement.com
Barnes & Noble Flexing Publishing Muscle // TheStreet.com
Moral Hazard Lights Flare Around Bailouts // TheStreet.com
The Case Against Brokerage Buyouts // TheStreet.com
At Ford a Remembrance of Cash Hoards Past // TheStreet.com
Big Three Face Big Bets at Factory // TheStreet.com
Look Back in Poverty: Blodget Turns to Books // TheStreet.com
Panic in Detroit as Car Buyers Go Nuts // TheStreet.com
Red Ink is One Badge of Courage // TheStreet.com
Brokerages Hedge Offerings Amid Tumult TheStreet.com
Flag Waving in Automaker Price War TheStreet.com
NYSE Floor System Won’t Be a Casualty of War TheStreet.com
Keys to Wall Street May Go Missing for Class of 2002 TheStreet.com
Next Challenge in Lower Manhattan is Rebuilding TheStreet.com
Real Trouble? Brazil Scrambles to Immunize Itself From Argentina TheStreet.com
No Beef: Argentine Debt Unlikely to Rock U.S. as Russia’s Did in ‘98 TheStreet.com
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