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Paul Tullis

  • Content Team Lead, Cradle
Amsterdam
Covers:  I write narratives that illuminate a topic, especially where policy and data are misaligned. Most of my stories cover science, technology, the environment, and their intersections.
Doesn't Cover: celebrities, pop culture, high culture
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Paul Tullis’s Journalist Portfolio

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How a Potential Treatment for the Coronavirus Turned Up in a Scientist's Freezer

How a Potential Treatment for the Coronavirus Turned Up in a Scientist's Freezer

The New Yorker — In 1998, when the Dutch scientist Berend Bosch decided to make the study of coronaviruses his life's work, the level of attention they garnered among medical researchers was such that the Ph.D. program he joined was in a department of veterinary science.

Dutch Cooperation Made an ‘Intelligent Lockdown’ a Success

Dutch Cooperation Made an ‘Intelligent Lockdown’ a Success

Bloomberg Businessweek

writing for Oceans Deeply

writing for Oceans Deeply

News Deeply — Shorter articles on ocean issues, many concerning autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)

Self-Driving Cars Might Kill Auto Insurance as We Know It

Self-Driving Cars Might Kill Auto Insurance as We Know It

Bloomberg News — How the insurance industry is adjusting to an automated future.

How the world got hooked on palm oil

How the world got hooked on palm oil

The Guardian — The long read: It's the miracle ingredient in everything from biscuits to shampoo. But our dependence on palm oil has devastating consequences. Is it too late to break the habit?

Despite Many Threats, Some Coral Reefs Are Thriving

Despite Many Threats, Some Coral Reefs Are Thriving

Scientific American — A daring experiment seeks to determine why some coral reefs survive climate-related bleaching events.

The World Economy Runs on GPS. It Needs a Backup Plan

The World Economy Runs on GPS. It Needs a Backup Plan

Bloomberg Businessweek — Feature in the print magazine

No Really, Save That Placenta

No Really, Save That Placenta

Bloomberg Businessweek — Profile of a biotech company in the prin magazine's tech section

Mr. Musk and His Ever-Expanding Empire: Why Is Tesla So Loved by Wall Street?

Mr. Musk and His Ever-Expanding Empire: Why Is Tesla So Loved by Wall Street?

Car & Driver — Feature explaining Tesla's high-flying stock price in spite of its meager revenue and market share.

Is AI the Future of Good Taste?

Is AI the Future of Good Taste?

Town & Country — How artificial intelligence is transforming creativity.

Colonoscopy? How About a Blood Test?

Colonoscopy? How About a Blood Test?

Bloomberg Businessweek — An Israeli financial genius develops an algorithm to predict risk for colon cancer.

Baby Money: Can Cash Allowances Help Young Brains Grow?

Baby Money: Can Cash Allowances Help Young Brains Grow?

The American Prospect — A Columbia University neuroscience seeks to find out if giving money to poor mothers can grow the brains of their young children.

Are You Rich Enough To Live Forever?

Are You Rich Enough To Live Forever?

Town and Country — Explores Silicon Valley's funding of research into human longevity, the scientific advances being made, and the challenges that remain.

The Great Nevada Lithium Rush to Fuel the New Economy

The Great Nevada Lithium Rush to Fuel the New Economy

Bloomberg Businessweek — Startups are racing into rural Nevada to supply the growing amounts of lithium needed to power our cell phones, electric cars, and renewable energy storage.

Features

Features

TakePart — TakePart is a digital news and lifestyle magazine featuring independent journalism on today's most important, socially relevant topics, alongside a social action platform. TakePart is the digital division of Participant Media, the company behind Pivot Television Network and acclaimed documentaries such as CITIZENFOUR, An Inconvenient Truth, and Food, Inc. and feature films such as Lincoln and Spotlight.

Jane Goodall Is Still Wild at Heart

Jane Goodall Is Still Wild at Heart

New York Times Magazine — Feature-length profile of scientist-conservationist Jane Goodall based on reporting from travel with her in Burundi and Tanzania, including at Gombe Stream National Park.

Into the Wildfire

Into the Wildfire

New York Times — What science is learning about fire and how to live with it.

A Controversial 'Cure' for Multiple Sclerosis

A Controversial 'Cure' for Multiple Sclerosis

New York Times — An investigation into the claim that multiple sclerosis is caused by CCSVI and not immune dysfunction, told through the story of two brothers--one who had surgery to correct the condition, the other a doctor who treats MS patients and thinks the theory is bunk.

Keystone XL: Pipe Dreams

Keystone XL: Pipe Dreams

Bloomberg BusinessWeek — An investigation into the economics of the Keystone XL pipeline and oil sands development.

Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice?

Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice?

New York Times Magazine — The story of a family that worked, through a process called restorative justice, to reduce the prison sentence of their daughter's murderer.

The brain-computer interface is coming, and we are so not ready for it - Bulletin of the Atomic S...

The brain-computer interface is coming, and we are so not ready for it - Bulletin of the Atomic S...

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists