We shouldn't have to be an expert to understand science. To help this cause, I write and discuss a variety of topics related to science and technology to help make this material accessible to people of all ages and professions.
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Popular science portfolio
2020
McGurrin, P. Ask an Earth and Space Scientist, Top Questions. How Do We Know the Earth is Round?
McGurrin, P. Ask an Earth and Space Scientist, Top Questions. Will the Sun Ever Stop Shining?
McGurrin, P. Ask an Earth and Space Scientist, Top Questions. How Far Have We Gone into Space?
McGurrin, P. Ask an Earth and Space Scientist, Top Questions. Was the Moon Landing Live?
2019
McGurrin, P. 2019. Center for Science and the Imagination. Should we make AI more Human?
McGurrin, P. 2019. Center for Science and the Imagination. CRISPR Rampage.
2018
Invited Annotations. 2018. Guston, David H., Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert, eds. Frankenbook: A Collaborative Reading Experiment with Mary Shelley’s Classic Novel. Produced by Arizona State University and the MIT Press. https://www.frankenbook.org.
McGurrin, P. 2018. Center for Science and the Imagination. The Incredible Logic Dilemma.
2017
McGurrin, P. 2017. School of Life Sciences Magazine. How Humans Use Fire. Spark of Climate Change.
Gao, S. & McGurrin, P. 2017. Center for Evolution & Medicine. Secrets of Sleep.
McGurrin, P. 2017. Center for Science and the Imagination. Human Meets Robot. Intimacy in the Digital Age.
McGurrin, P. & Ross, Christian. 2017. Ask a Biologist, Word of Biology. Using Animals in Research.
2016
McGurrin, P. 2016. Center for Evolution & Medicine. Does Parental Age Matter? A New View on Brain-related Disorders.
Biera, A. & McGurrin, P. 2016. Center for Evolution & Medicine. Does Past Experience Affect Depression?
McGurrin, P. 2016. Center for Science and the Imagination. Calibrating AI's Moral Compass.
McGurrin, P. 2016. Ask a Biologist, PLOSable. Decoding Emotions in the Brain.
McGurrin, P. 2016. Center for Science and the Imagination. Science, for Dummies?
McGurrin, P. 2016. Slate Magazine. The Trouble with High-Tech Prosthetics.
McGurrin, P. 2016. Smithsonian Magazine. Why People Abandon High-Tech Prosthetics.
McGurrin, P. 2016. Ask a Biologist, World of Biology. How do we Sense Touch?
McGurrin, P. 2016. Ask a Biologist, Top Questions. Do we only use 10% of our Brain?
2015
McGurrin, P. 2015. Ask a Biologist, PLOSable. Students, Brains, and Science.
McGurrin, P. 2015. Ask a Biologist, World of Biology. What’s a Biologist?
2014
McGurrin, P. Ask a Biologist. Life of a Scientist.
McGurrin, P. 2014. Ask a Biologist, Biology Bits. A Nervous Journey Biology Bits.
McGurrin, P. 2014. Ask a Biologist, PLOSable. Motions of Magic.
2014 - 2017
The Alliance for Person-Centered Accessible Technologies blog.
I have also served as an intermediary between the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience at Arizona State University and the public, with the goal of sharing neuroscience-related information to external organizations. This includes giving talks, attending events, and generating documentation to support the program and those interested in neuroscience.
I have helped to create a promotional video, pamphlet, and bookmark, in order to help represent the Neuroscience program at ASU. This work was in conjunction with the School of Life Sciences media team.