2010…
The Best Technology Writing 2010 (Yale University Press)
Thinking machine, Discover, October 2009
2010 Bronze Award: Best Travel Article, Bay Area Travel Writers
Icemen cometh, Discover, September 2008
2009…
2009 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award for Excellence in Science Writing for Children
Where rivers run uphill, Science News for Kids, 23 July 2008
The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2009 (Houghton Mifflin)
Did life begin in ice? Discover, February 2008
Honorable Mention: American Society of Journalists and Authors, Award for Medical Journalism, 2009
Private life of the brain, New Scientist, 8 November 2008
2008…
Cited as Notable Writing: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008 (Houghton Mifflin)
Consciousness… in a cockroach? Discover, January 2007
Outstanding Feature Article: Society of National Association Publishers, 2008
Worlds collide, Conservation Magazine, January-March 2007