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In case you haven’t had enough end-of-year lists, here are links to my personal favorite stories from 2013. Think I...

Merry Christmas, scientists! It’s that time of year again when all rational human beings shake our heads in amusement at...

Last month I attended a talk given by biologist Dr. Jeffrey Friedman at the much beloved NYC-based lecture series, Secret...

For the past several years, I’ve made eggnog over the holidays from an old family recipe. The real stuff: booze,...

Welcome to another ongoing series on Our Modern Plagues: Better Know a Fix. It is the sister series to Better...

Here, I unveil an Our Modern Plagues series, which was inspired by Stephen Colbert’s recurring segment Better Know a District....

Last month, I wrote about an overlooked passage in Rachel Carson’s famous book, Silent Spring. To recap, the excerpt goes...

The past few months have not been easy for the science journalism world. Revelations of sexual harassment have resulted in...

Here are some links on infestations, contagions, and controls from around the web this week. There were some great longreads,...

Here are some links on infestations, contagions, and controls from around the web this week. Have more? Add them in...