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Why Mosquitoes Like You and Not Me
The mosquito is so small it takes almost nothing to ruin it.–Mary Oliver Mosquitoes devour some people and ignore others. If they like you, swat a dozen and a dozen more appear in their place,...
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How a Tiny Wasp May Save Your Life
Nature knows no real balance, just moments of apparent equilibrium before some rise or fall. We are studying scale insects—a kind of immobile (scientists say “sessile”) animal that lives on plants and...
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The Sieve Hypothesis: Clever Study Suggests an Alternate Explanation for the...
You have a stomach. I have a stomach. It is one of our few universals. Humans, mate, sing, talk, and raise their children in many different ways, but we’ve all got stomachs. The question is why....
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A Wild Bet: Can Inoculating Newborns with Innocuous Strains of Bacteria Save...
Recently, one of Paul Cezanne’s missing paintings was rediscovered. The painting shows Paulin Paulet, a gardener on Cezanne’s family estate, looking at his poker cards. Cezanne painted Paulet as part...
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New Revelations about the Biodiversity of Belly Buttons
When it comes to science, I have the patience of a rabid fox, trapped in a cage, in front of which a wounded rabbit is standing. My family, the folks in my lab and the need for sleep balance this...
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