The Brain Collector’s Library

First place winner for San Diego Press Club’s best science reporting

Jacopo Annese is looking to expand his library by collecting, slicing and digitizing 1,000 brains from a variety of people. But he doesn’t just want the brains of his donors — he wants to know the donors’ identities, too.

Read the story in Voice of San Diego.

Running on Emptiness

Or, how I learned to run without my iPod

Although raised as a so-called “Dharma Brat,” I never thought to apply meditation to my running.

This story shows what happens when I did.

I traveled to the Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado to learn to be present (and iPod free) while I run. My experience is described in Runner’s World.

Check it out!