January 19th, 2012

Failings

Dear world: I’m a failure.

And I couldn’t be happier.

I’ll explain why. First, a note about why I’m posting today.

This is the third anniversary of Lascher at Large’s launch, of the day I first penned a modest declaration about how, “Whether breath on our lips, ink spread across a page, keys hammering into [...]

June 11th, 2010

Following a war correspondent's footsteps to the oil spill

Will following the footsteps of Melville Jacoby, a World War II correspondent and my grandmother’s cousin, help me cover the gulf oil spill? [...]

March 22nd, 2010

Extreme Measures

Geomicrobiologists look to harsh environments for organisms “disobeying” traditional chemistry teaching. (This story was originally written and reported in October, 2008 at the University of Southern California).

Petri dishes might not be replacing AA batteries at Radio Shack any time soon, but a growing body of research shows it may soon be possible to [...]