"On Genesis Farm," a profile of a bio-dynamic farm in upstate New Jersey that is run by a group of nuns involved in the faith-based environmentalism movement. Written for a 2008 journalism course at Princeton taught by columnist Peter Applebome of the New York Times.
"The Most Patient Astronomer in the World," a short profile of SETI co-founder Frank Drake drawn from my experiences working with him doing optical SETI at Lick Observatory in 2006 and 2007.
A link to more articles available in the N&O archives. This site lists blurbs only, it's $2.50 for the whole article. I didn't write the obits or anything after them, and the article about the kids on I-80 I only did Spanish interviews and translations for.
A News & Observer article from 2008 describing tiny robots being developed at Duke University. Appeared on the front page and was accompanied by a half page color graphic and diagram.
"Lessons in Black and White," a story I wrote for an undergraduate science journalism course at Princeton, taught by author Michael Lemonick of Time magazine.