- "Brinkmanship and North Korea: Reed analyst explains the carnival of contradictions haunting US policy on the Korean peninsula," Reed Magazine Q-and-A, October 6, 2017
- "Look Again: Revising Ideas About the Greening of Alaska's Arctic Tundra," Science Findings (monthly newsletter featuring research done by the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station), May 2017
- "Should I Stay or Should I Go? Understanding the Shapeshifting Rainbow Trout/Steelhead," Science Findings (monthly newsletter featuring research done by the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station), September 2015
- "Science with Heart," The Chronicle Magazine (published by Lewis & Clark) cover story, Fall 2015
- "Steady On," HHMI Bulletin profile of cystic fibrosis researcher Michael J. Welsh, Fall 2015
- "As Ancient Livestock Disappear, Frozen Embryos Restore Ancient Breeds," Live Science expert voices article (arranged by pal Josh Chamot), July 7, 2015
- "The Grace and Grit of Jim Harrison," MSU Alumni Magazine feature, Summer 2015
- "No Place Like Home: Using Seed Zones to Improve Restoration of Native Grasses in the West," Science Findings (monthly newsletter published by the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station), March 2015
- "Baring Family Secrets for Science," AAAS Science Careers profile, July 2, 2013
- "A Turn Toward the Classroom and Home," AAAS Science Careers profile, April 22, 2013
- "Signal Master," Reed Magazine feature, March 2013
- "Tamily Weissman-Unni and the Amazing Technicolor Brain," The Chronicle Magazine (published by Lewis & Clark) cover story, Winter 2013
- "Intel Science and Technology Centers for Visual Computing," Intel Software Adrenaline Magazine feature (PDF, 3.41 MB), Fall 2012
- "Breaking the chain," Reed Magazine cover story, March 2012
- "Charging up the auto industry," Kavli Foundation Q&A, February 2012
- "Getting Science to Those Who Need It," AAAS Science Careers profile, January 6, 2012
- "Cosmic Antimatter Excess Confirmed," AAAS ScienceNOW news story, November 22, 2011
- "One promising puzzle piece for confirming dark matter now seems unlikely," Kavli Foundation Q&A, Fall 2011
- "A Juggling Act in Paradise," AAAS Science Careers profile, August 12, 2011
- "A Zigzagging Path Points Straight to Success," AAAS Science Careers profile, March 4, 2011
- "Smashing Atoms -- And Stereotypes," Reed Magazine alumna profile, March 2011
- "Growing the Curriculum," Reed Magazine cover story, December 2010
- "Weapons grade: A political scientist explains why WMD intelligence has been so poor," The University of Chicago Magazine: Arts & Letters news story, November-December 2010
- "Earth's Random Walk Could Jolt Particle Accelerators," physicsworld.com news story, June 4, 2010
- "Earth-Shaking Discovery from Accelerators," Physical Review Focus feature, June 4, 2010
- Medical Physicists: CT Scans Safe," InsideScience.org news story, May 4, 2010
- Argonne lab tackles exotic nuclei," PhysicsWorld.com news story, April 9, 2010
- "Threaded Game Engine Helps Create New World In EA BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins," Intel.com Feature, Oct. 2009
- "Composer crashes CG world, adds depth to digital images," Intel Visual Adrenaline magazine, Issue 5, 2009, pp 14-20, (PDF, 9.12 MB)
- "Probing the heart of the atom," symmetry magazine feature, March 2009
- "Advancing knowledge through world leading science," MSU Today, Spring 2009, pp 4-8, (PDF, 611 KB)
- "MSU selected as site for $550 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams," MSU press release, Dec. 11, 2008
- "MSU researcher nabs 'doubly magic' tin isotope," MSU press release, Dec. 10, 2008
- "Cutting to the Core Issues About Blades," Systems Management News Special Report, Aug. 15, 2008
- "Need a Web Hosting Provider? Try the 3 a.m. Test," CIO.com Feature, July 7, 2008
- Software's 'Go-To Guy,' SD Times Special Report, Dec. 1, 2007
- "Three first-ever atomic nuclei created at NSCL; new super-heavy aluminum isotopes may exist," press release issued via EurekAlert!, Oct. 24, 2007 (thanks to John Borland at Wired News, Cristina Jimenez at the BBC and others for covering this one)
- "Tapping Into Pools of Water Data," SD Times news story, Sept. 15, 2007
- "Change Management Definition and Solutions," CIO.com tutorial, April 9, 2007
- "Services to sexual assault victims lag, Michigan State University study finds," MSU press release, Sept. 13, 2006
- "In China’s land reform efforts, rural reality lags official policy, says MSU expert," MSU press release, May 1, 2006
- "Always On? Not Quite Yet," SD Times Special Report, Dec. 15, 2005
- "Intel's Road to Multi-Core Chip Architecture, various locations on Intel.com (PDF, 358 KB), including in Technology@Intel magazine, (I can't remember exactly, but I think around July 2005)
- "Njideka Ugwuegbu Harry: Training Modern-Day Griots in Rural Nigeria," profile for Reuters Foundation Digital Vision Program at Stanford University, Sept. 23, 2004
- "'Clean' diesel engines dirtier than gas guzzlers," news story for New Scientist, Jan. 31, 2004
- "R. Buckminster's Fuller's Legacy Here / Climatron Saved Garden; E. St. Louis Dome Was Dumb," St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sunday feature (PDF, 38 KB), Jan. 4, 2004
- "Artificial intelligence pioneer ponders differences between computers and humans," Stanford Report news story, Oct. 29, 2003