"You Must Remember This"
— The Globe and Mail, March 19, 2011

"The Math Book of Love"
— The Globe and Mail, April 16, 2010

"The Burgess Shale: Evolution's Big Bang"
— Smithsonian, August 2009

"Number Nerds Get Pi-eyed for the Raddest Ratio"
— The Globe and Mail, March 14, 2009

"It Will Take More Than a Wolf to Blow One House Down"
— The New York Times, July 3, 2007

"The Cubic Connection"
— The Walrus, April 2007

"Barcoding Life"
— Canadian Geographic, March/April 2007

"A Hands-On Approach to Studying the Brain, Even Einstein's"
— The New York Times, November 14, 2006

"The Man Who Saved Geometry"
— The Boston Globe, September 10, 2006

"An Equation for Controversy"
— The Globe and Mail, August 26, 2006

"The Analogical Scientist"
— The Toronto Star, July 30, 2006

"Infinite Jest (at the 2006 Gathering for Gardner)"
— SEED, June 16, 2006

"Do the Math"
— The Walrus, November 2005

"The Free Will Theorem"
— The Globe and Mail, March 19, 2005

"The Cosmic Geometer"
— The Walrus, February/March,  2004

"Strength in Numbers at Mathcamp"
— The Globe and Mail, August 16, 2003

"Into the Hot Zone"
— Canadian Geographic, September/October 2002

"Broken Records"
— Saturday Night, November 2000