Selected Science Writing
I write news and feature-length articles on a wide range of subjects related to science, technology and archaeology. I won a global award for my coverage of antimicrobial resistance in 2024.
I have also co-authored ten scientific papers and reviews from my years in academia, with first authorships in Nature Neuroscience and Neuron, among other journals.
Nature
- Feature: The quest to build bionic limbs that feel like the real thing
- Feature: Migraine is more than a headache
- News: Global health is in crisis — who will step in to fix it?
- News: If the AI bubble bursts, what will it mean for research?
- News: A mental-health crisis plagues PhDs — these evidence-led initiatives offer help
- News: The huge toll of PhDs on mental health
- News: What is science? Tech heavyweights brawl over definition
- News: ‘Smart’ antibiotic can kill deadly bacteria while sparing the microbiome
- News: Will AI improve your life? Here’s what 4,000 researchers think
- News: Migraine drug is first to tackle debilitating early symptoms
Science News
- Feature: Why are so many young people getting cancer? (cover story)
- Feature: Better male birth control is on the horizon (appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert)
- Book review: Christof Koch's ‘Then I Am Myself the World’ ponders what it means to be conscious
Deutsche Welle
- View my writing here https://www.dw.com/en/fred-schwaller/person-60733223
- Are scientists finally beating antimicrobial resistance? >> Winner of the Global AMR Media Awards 2024 Europe category
- Is the Nobel Prize still relevant today?
- How false memories make us who we are
- The science of passion: why do we kiss?
- Brain atlases will unlock mysteries of the human mind
- Will AI ever rival human thinking?
- GM food: the best way for sustainable food production?
- Menopause needs a societal rethink
- Africa's burden with neurological diseases
- Hallucinations are more common than you think
Migraine Science Collaborative
- The genetics of pain in different ancestry groups
- Chronic pain and substance use disorders have shared genetics
- Cluster Headache: A Conversation with Andrea Carmine Belin
- Looking migraine in the eye
- Environmental signals can trigger migraine
- Does aura really initiate migraine attacks?
BrainFacts
- Presence hallucinations: how our brains conjure ghostly illusions
- Scientists are getting closer to understanding how COVID-19 triggers long COVID
Seisma Magazine
Technology Networks
- Paint, sculpture and datasets: the stimulating world of neuro-art
- How personalized medicine is transforming healthcare
- Gut Feeling: How the gut-brain axis affects our mood.