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Kiera Butler

Kiera Butler

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Kiera has written about the environment, arts and culture, and more for Plenty, Columbia Journalism Review, Orion, and the New York Post. She was a hypochondriac even before she started researching germ warfare.

Author's Articles

  • MoJo Mini College Guide

    Ten cool schools that will blow your mind, not your…

    —Thu Aug. 20, 2009 2:00 AM PDT

  • A Matter of Degree

    Six cutting-edge jobs you can get without a piece…

    —Thu Aug. 20, 2009 2:00 AM PDT

  • Film Review: The Cove

    The hidden truth of a "dolphin-loving" Japanese town…

    —Thu Aug. 6, 2009 5:05 PM PDT

  • MoJo Interview: The Cove's Louie Psihoyos and Ric O'Barry

    A filmmaker and marine mammal activist expose Japan…

    —Thu Aug. 6, 2009 2:02 PM PDT

  • Sunblock Buster

    Can a popular sunscreen ingredient make sunburns even…

    —Fri Jul. 3, 2009 7:10 AM PDT

  • Consumer Retorts: Tanning Salons

    Is fake baking really the best way to get vitamin…

    —Fri Jul. 3, 2009 7:00 AM PDT

  • Sunscreen's Shady Business

    Are you getting burned by sunny claims?

    —Thu Jul. 2, 2009 2:50 AM PDT

  • Film: Handmade Nation

    Faythe Levine's profile of the DIY art scene, from…

    —Fri Jun. 19, 2009 7:00 AM PDT

  • MoJo Interview: Geoffrey Nunberg

    The renowned linguist on "torture," "socialism," and…

    —Fri Jun. 5, 2009 2:50 AM PDT

  • Earth to IKEA

    What that Poäng chair really costs.

    —Wed Apr. 22, 2009 7:00 AM PDT

  • Books: Brush Cat

    On trees, the wood economy, and the most dangerous…

    —Thu Mar. 12, 2009 7:02 PM PDT

  • Ramblin' Woman Neko Case

    The alt-country star explains those cryptic lyrics…

    —Tue Feb. 10, 2009 10:17 AM PST

  • Ahoy, Special Interest Maties!

    Nine supposedly fun cruises you'll never do again.

    —Wed Feb. 4, 2009 12:00 AM PST

  • You Might Be a Liberal If...

    10 findings on the party in your mind.

    —Wed Jan. 7, 2009 12:00 AM PST

  • The Waistland

    Does America look fat in this?

    —Thu Jan. 1, 2009 12:00 AM PST

  • Ecogeek Deathmatch: Ed Begley Jr. v. Bill Nye, Science Guy

    Which Hollywood do-gooder has the greener crib?…

    —Mon Dec. 1, 2008 12:00 AM PST

  • The MoJo Interview: Frank Rich

    The New York Times columnist will miss George…

    —Wed Nov. 26, 2008 12:00 AM PST

  • Germ Warfare

    We're obsessed with cleanliness—but now the…

    —Mon Nov. 24, 2008 12:00 AM PST

  • The Grey Lady's Green Guy

    An interview with Andrew C.…

    —Wed Nov. 19, 2008 3:38 PM PST

  • Q&A: Majora Carter

    The MacArthur-winning "environmental racism" fighter…

    —Wed Oct. 29, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

  • Q&A: Bill Nye

    Science guy Bill Nye's secret to a successful vegetable…

    —Wed Oct. 29, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

  • Roundtable Review: Trouble the Water

    MoJo staffers riff on a new Hurricane Katrina…

    —Thu Aug. 28, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

  • Not Another Teen Movie

    Three MoJo staffers dissect American Teen…

    —Wed Jul. 16, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

  • Extreme Summer Camps

    Goodbye, crafts and color wars.…

    —Tue Jul. 1, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

  • This Is Your Brain on Cell Phones

    Is it just the crazies who think cell phone radiation…

    —Tue Jul. 1, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

  • Power Q&A: Stewart Brand

    The Long Now futurist and founder of the Whole…

    —Thu May. 1, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

  • Power Q&A: Jamie Hyneman

    The Discovery Channel mythbuster and weird-energy…

    —Thu May. 1, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

  • Music Review: Mr. Love & Justice

    Billy Bragg. Anti-.

    —Thu May. 1, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

  • What's Your Baby's Carbon Footprint?

    8lbs, 21 inches, and 3,800 diapers worth of planet…

    —Mon Apr. 28, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

  • A Brief History of the Disposable Diaper

    Find out when Pampers was born, what year "elimination…

    —Mon Apr. 28, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

  • Practical Values: Works Well With Others

    What if a day at the office is actually good for you…

    —Fri Jan. 18, 2008 12:00 AM PST

  • The Real Adrian Tomine

    The Optic Nerve cartoonist talks about his…

    —Fri Jan. 11, 2008 12:00 AM PST

  • Stephin Merritt: The Silent Type

    The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt talks about the…

    —Sat Jan. 5, 2008 12:00 AM PST

  • Thirty Days in Iran's Worst Prison

    Zarah Ghahramani, an Iranian student, was sent to…

    —Fri Jan. 4, 2008 12:00 AM PST

  • Nadje al-Ali, senior lecturer in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter

    —Thu Oct. 18, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

  • Zeinab Salbi, founder, Women for Women International

    —Thu Oct. 18, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

  • Spreading the Word

    Robert Pinsky talks about his mission to popularize…

    —Tue Oct. 16, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

  • College for Christ's Sake

    A new book chronicles how one school prepares young…

    —Mon Sep. 17, 2007 12:00 AM PDT
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