Clips of science writing for University Alumni Magazines

New pressures on agriculture have shifted the focus for farms and farmers. Here’s a look at how some producers have optimized changes on their farm.

John Deere and startup Agtonomy are introducing new ways to bring artificial intelligence to the field, with execs saying the technology holds the potential to open new job pathways in farming.

Originally published on September 18th, 2024 for the SF Gazetteer Last month, Google briefly became the subject of widespread derision after spending millions on an Olympics ad for its AI chatbot Gemini. The spot featured a supposed-to-be-heartwarming tale of a father asking AI to write a letter from his daughter to her running hero. Olympic watchers were unimpressed.…

It only took three days of swiping before he popped up. I froze, thumb hovering over the X. I scrolled through his photos and prompts, looking at what he had changed since I’d seen it the first time.

Glaciers offer unparalleled insight into the world’s climate. But as they melt, the data they offer is less useful—and more dangerous to collect.

For most of the world’s industries, sustainability is an exercise in correcting the mistakes of the past — from changing mindsets to the very machinery used.

For Gavin Emmons and Alacia Welch to do their jobs, they have to be expert climbers, have extensive search-and-rescue training, be experts on endangered bird species and know how to do phlebotomies in the middle of the desert.

Dean Swift has gotten really good at spotting where squirrels hide their seeds.

The solution to the world’s climate change problems could be under our feet, as soil has the potential to store more than three times the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.