Hey, Houston, what are you doing Wednesday? I’ll be giving two talks (sponsored by San Jacinto College’s Lyceum Committee) on Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Both lectures will be held at the Proscenium Theatre in the Marie Spence Flickinger Fine Arts…
Tomorrow, April 1 at 3:30pm, I’ll be participating in a live online chat with BookTrib — I’ll be fielding your questions for an hour–there’s an opportunity to win a copy of THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON SEX. I hope you’ll…
So where will you be next Tuesday, March 19? Got any big plans. You’ll find me at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania discussing love, lust and the brain from 4:00pm-5:00pm in Oberkotter 1. Fun fact about me: I actually…
Happy New Year! You may have noticed a few changes around here. Welcome to my new website–the guys at Out:think did an amazing job with the design and implementation. And I’m looking forward to blogging and keeping y’all abreast about…
Why I'm avoiding Botox–and the notion that I have an expiration date. Excerpt: The first hint that people thought I had an "expiration date" (a visible, indelible mark on my person, saying how much time I had left to be…
Neuroscientists are finding novel ways to open the blood brain barrier–to potentially deliver much-needed drugs to individuals with Alzheimer's or other neurodegenerative disorders. Excerpt: Potential drugs for neurodegenerative disorders such as multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer’s disease have been stymied…
Barry Komisaruk's orgasm research was a hot topic at this year's Society for Neuroscience conference. The Guardian asked me to blog about how one has an orgasm in an fMRI. Excerpt: The first question, invariably, is, "Excuse me? You had…
sdfd What happens when you donate an orgasm to science and it goes viral on the web? Well, let me tell you. Excerpt: After donating one of my orgasms to neuroscience, I watched a scan of my brain at the…
For the New York Times' At War blog, I wrote a piece about military divorce. Excerpt: Soon after I married my Army officer husband, an acquaintance gave me a photocopied page of an old-school military spouse handbook as a lark….
A passionate traveler and science writer, she has no problem tackling interesting (and often taboo) subjects spanning love, sex, neuroscience, travel and politics. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, the New Scientist, USA Today, Pacific Standard, the Washington Post, ISLANDS, Parenting, the Bark, American Baby, National Geographic Traveler, and the AARP Bulletin. She is a partner at the award-winning family travel website Travel Savvy Mom, and is also a frequent contributor to the Dana Foundation's many science publications. Read More...