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The Context Cut for Space
November 1, 2025
The details that I couldn’t include in my recent NPR story on poverty and power bills. (Read to the end for Kristen Koopman's Halloween-themed reads as well...
Summer Backbreak
September 30, 2025
Working parents and moving academics burn out. But Kristen and I are back, baby, with great news. (Read to the end for a spicy yogurt mistake...) The most...
Longing for Beloved Scientific Community
July 8, 2025
Reflections on why maintaining a robust community of scholars is so hard. (Read to the end for a ridiculous emo realtor. Bock bock.) Ever since I published...
How HBCUs Can End African American Underrepresentation in Science
June 17, 2025
A Q&A with Dr. Joseph Graves, Jr., on the effort to make historically Black colleges and universities “wither on the vine.” (Read to the end for Juneteenth-...
Welcome to The Understory
May 27, 2025
A Newsletter About the Stories Beneath the Science (Read to the end for a very relatable heron.) The media universe is replete with science coverage, but...