Greatest hits/The best of/The singles collection
“The downsides of working less”
BBC Worklife, August 2019
“Will anything survive climate change?”
BBC Future, August 2019
“Why ‘plant blindness’ matters — and what you can do about it”
BBC Future, April 2019
“Parents mourning stillbirth follow familiar patterns on YouTube”
New York Times, April 2019
“How Brexit changed the English language”
BBC Culture, March 2019
“Why most rape victims never acknowledge what happened”
BBC Future, November 2018
“Solar-powered fridges can help stop epidemics”
New York magazine, October 2018
“Why sleep should be every student’s priority”
BBC Future, August 2018
“A nation of introverts”
BBC Travel, June 2018
"How cycling clothing opened doors for women"
The Atlantic, April 2018
"Are you a male novelist whose female characters are comically underdeveloped?"
Book Riot, April 2018
"Why being a loner may be good for your health"
BBC Future, February 2018
"A birth certificate is a person's first possession"
The Atlantic, December 2017
"In London, the American food aisle is full of nostalgia and preservatives"
NPR, January 2018
"On the move with the donkey-powered mobile libraries of Zimbabwe"
Literary Hub, October 2017
"A look back at the Chinkees, the ska band that reclaimed Asian identity"
Noisey, August 2017
"Why British English is full of silly-sounding words"
BBC Culture, June 2017
"Here's why eye contact is so awkward for some people"
New York magazine, July 2017
"How do you get people to give a shit about shit? Tell poop jokes"
Bright, June 2017
"Dear white writers, please stop doing these things"
Submittable, June 2017
"What being a rock star teaches you about practical urbanism"
CityLab, April 2017
"Visiting McDonald's with my grandmother"
New York Times, March 2017
"How to make public transportation safer for women"
How We Get to Next, February 2017
"Why 'Chew' and Asian American superheroes still matter"
VICE, November 2016
"Tomorrow's musical instruments look like lightsabers and metal detectors"
Motherboard, August 2016
"The enduring unpopularity of the female condom"
The Atlantic, June 2016
"How Romania brought broadband to a whole country — and who got left behind"
The Daily Dot, June 2016