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)