Print stories edited for Discover magazine
During my time as an editor at Discover (2018–2021), I edited over 120 articles for the print magazine and countless web stories across topics in science, health, tech, and the environment. Below is a list of the stories I edited during that time that appeared in print. If you’re looking for more recent or client-based editing samples, get in touch and I’ll send you examples.
Discover magazine, Jul/Aug 2021
- Dog, Yawn It! by Richard Sima
- The Science of… Lithium-Ion Batteries by Ian Morse
Discover magazine, June 2021
- The Value of Life by Ian Morse
- A New Ant in Town by Wilson Chapman
- Life Finds a Way by Jennifer Walter
Discover magazine, May 2021
- Green Thumbs, Green Hearts by Nancy Averett (Feature)
- Ebb and Flow by John Richard Saylor (Feature)
- What is Time? by Jonathon Keats
- Marmot School by Jimmy Thomson
- What We’re Reading by Jennifer Walter
- Damselflies in Distress by Wilson Chapman
Discover magazine, Mar/Apr 2021
- In the Company of Coyotes by Leah Shaffer (Feature)
- Land of the Living Snowflakes by Jake Buehler (Column)
- Tiny Trash Factories by Allison Whitten
- What We’re Reading by Alex Orlando
- The One-Man Gar Fanclub by Sarah Sax
- Dream Weaver by Jesse Hawley
- The Search Goes On by Nathaniel Scharping
- Bacteria Breakdown by Jennifer Walter
Discover magazine, Jan/Feb 2021 (Special Issue: The State of Science)
- The Virus that Changed Science by Allison Whitten
- Black in Academia by Cydney Dupree
- Strange Space Signals by Stephen Ornes
- CRISPR Gets Under the Skin by Nathaniel Scharping
- Editing the Mitochondria by Nathaniel Scharping
- Killer Pollution by Nancy Averett
- Anyons Join the Particle Party by Stephen Ornes
- Big Excitement Over Tiny Fluctuations by Stephen Ornes
- Seahorse Paradise by Joshua Rapp Learn
- Head-to-Head: Do All Galaxies Have Dark Matter? by Jake Parks
- What We’re Playing by Lindsay VanSomeran
- Misson: Mars Support by Alex Orlando
- Web Report
Discover magazine, Dec 2020
- Is the Universe Infinite? by Eric Betz (Column)
- The Science of… Whiskey by Jake Emen
- What We’re Reading by Alex Orlando
- Crystal Colony by Jennifer Walter
- Web Report
Discover magazine, Nov 2020
- The Guts of Autism by Adam Piore (Feature)
- Where the Wild Things Crow by Joan Meiners (Feature)
- Farming with Falcons by Jeff Kronenfeld (Column)
- What We’re Reading by Jennifer Walter
- Man vs. Mangrove by Allison Whitten
- Seeing Sunspots by Alex Orlando
- Species Watch: White-Cheeked Gibbons by Troy Kippen
- Web Report
Discover magazine, Sep/Oct 2020
- Superbots Save the Day by Alex Orlando (Feature)
- Life After Death by Joan Meiners (Feature)
- The Mourning Mind by Amy Paturel (Column)
- The Ecology of Dumb by Geoffrey Giller
- Voyaging Beyond by Alex Orlando
- After the Blast by Alex Orlando
- A Chance Discovery by Jennifer Walter
- Microprocessors, Everywhere by Jennifer Walter
- What We’re Reading by Alex Orlando
- Brilliant Biofilm by Alex Orlando
- Web Report
Discover magazine, Jul/Aug 2020 (Special Issue: The Body)
- Titans of Immunity by Elizabeth Svoboda (Feature)
- When Hearts Attack by Jeanne Erdmann (Feature)
- Oceans Beneath the Oceans by Steve Nadis (Column)
- A Dog’s Life by Jonathon Keats (Column)
- The Other Solar Power by Frank Swain (Column)
- What We’re Reading by Jennifer Walter
- Message in a Clam by Jeanne Erdmann
- That Word You Heard: Bombogenesis by Jennifer Walter
- Squished Skull by Alex Orlando
- COVID-19 Special Report
Discover magazine, Jun 2020
- Will AI Make Medicine More Human? by Alex Orlando (Feature)
- Reach for the Sky by Jonathan Keats (Column)
- Awe-Struck by Galadriel Watson (Column)
- Super Sucker by Alex Orlando
- That Word You Heard: Troglomorphism by Alex Orlando
- Out of His Mind by Jennifer Walter
- Baby, Meet Microbiome by Alex Orlando
- What We’re Reading by Jennifer Walter
- Cosmic Time Machine by Jennifer Walter
- Trending
Discover magazine, May 2020
- Feces Fable by Richard Sima
- Brews from a Cave Grave by Bridget Alex
- What We’re Reading by Gemma Tarlach
- That Word You Heard: Terminator by Jennifer Walter
- Picky Pairs by Jennifer Walter
- Mind Meld by Alex Orlando
- Trending
Discover magazine, Mar/Apr 2020
- Boiling Point by Steve Nadis (Feature)
- Carbon-Cutting Cuds by Jennifer Walter (Column)
- The Sound, The Fury, and Me by Nathaniel Scharping (Column)
- That Word You Heard: Vinculum by Jennifer Walter
- The Death of a Star by Alex Orlando
- Dragon Defense by Jennifer Walter
- Trending
Discover magazine, Jan/Feb 2020 (Special Issue: The Top 50 Stories of 2019)
- The CBD Cure-All? by Jeanne Erdmann
- Reflections on a Year Since the First Gene-Edited Humans by Francis Collins
- Abra-Cadaver! Bio-engineered Blood Vessels Come to Life by Roni Dengler
- Rain, Rain, Here to Stay? by Daniel Bastardo Blanco
- Editing Out HIV by Roni Dengler
- EEGs Eke Out Buried Brain Activity by Megan Schmidt
- Brains Brought Back to Life by Roni Dengler
- Genes Bring Clarity to Anorexia by Jeanne Erdmann
- Smells Like Sargassum by Jennifer Walter
- A Melting Planet by Daniel Bastardo Blanco
- A Microscope that Sees DNA by Karen Weintraub
- Measles Returns by Linda Marsa
- Gene Therapy Gets Clinical by Linda Marsa
- Reading Minds, Aloud by Jonathon Keats
- A Million Species in Danger by Roni Dengler
- Our Universe’s Forgotten First Molecule by Bill Andrews
Discover magazine, Dec 2019
- 70,000 Generations and Counting by Nathaniel Scharping (Feature)
- Respect Your Elders by Gary Ferguson (Book Excerpt)
Discover magazine, Nov 2019
- The Fix is In by Tracy Staedter (Feature)
- Addicted, More or Less by Bill Sullivan (Book Excerpt)
- #Wildlife by Nancy Averett (Column)
Discover magazine, Sep/Oct 2019
- Weathering the Storm by Alison Klesman (Feature)
Discover magazine, Jul/Aug 2019 (Special Issue: Everything Worth Knowing)
- Everything Worth Knowing About: Flight by Jonathon Keats
- Everything Worth Knowing About: Hurricanes by Nathaniel Scharping
- Everything Worth Knowing About: Plate Tectonics by Gemma Tarlach
- Sex on the Beach by Leslie Evans Ogden (Column)
Discover magazine, Jun 2019
- Return to Aquaterra by Gemma Tarlach (Feature)
Discover magazine, May 2019
- Talk to Me by James Vlahos (Book Excerpt)
- Mining the Miniscule by Geoffrey Giller (Column) **Top Pick: Best Shortform Science Writing: April-June 2019 (News & Trends)
Discover magazine, Apr 2019
- Grin and Bear It by Frans de Waal (Book Excerpt)
- Return of an Icon by Brent Crane (Column)
