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  • Striking a balance between health and sustainability: a study inspired by a love for sushi

    Sushi for sale (Source) by Jeanne Garbarino, DXS biology editor A conservation scientist walks into a [sushi] bar… You’ve probably heard that eating a diet including fish, especially fatty fish, is good for us. Fish can be a source of high quality, lean protein, and also provide heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids. However, there are risks associated with eating some types of fish. For instance, fish that are at…

    Authored by on September 19, 2012

  • Life and science challenges: flames, Hawkeye, the needle and the damage done

    Alda’s World Science Festival discussion about the Flame Challenge , which was to occur at 4pm that afternoon.  Not really knowing what was in store, I quickly accepted (um, hello, Alan Alda ).  A second phone call about 20 minutes later informed me that I would be joining Alan on stage.  Was this really happening?  In about 30 minutes time, I went from despair to elation.  I also went to the store to buy a skirt since I was already in trans…

    Authored by on June 6, 2012

  • Biology Explainer: The big 4 building blocks of life–carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and nucleic acids

    …molecules themselves break down into a surprisingly small number of building blocks. The proteins that make up all of the living things on this planet and ensure their appropriate structure and smooth function consist of only 20 different kinds of building blocks. Nucleic acids, specifically DNA, are even more basic: only four different kinds of molecules provide the materials to build the countless different genetic codes that translate into all…

    Authored by on June 8, 2012

  • Leah Gerber, conservation biologist and lover of sushi

    …ut a survey asking others if they faced institutional barriers, and how they might work to engage more.  DXS: What ways do you express yourself creatively that may not have a single thing to do with science? LG: I have 2 young kids, a 3yo and a 7yo.  Being a mom helps me keep it real -  I love that I get to enjoy the awe of discovering the world with my girls.  We just got a puppy this weekend and we are having fun dressing her up and pain…

    Authored by on September 17, 2012

  • After Newtown missteps, journalists get guidelines

    …almost twice as likely to say that they don’t want to live or work near a person with mental illness if they read an article about a person with mental illness involved in a mass shooting, according to a study published March 20 in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Interestingly, this tendency is the same even if the article avoids any mention of mental illness. This may be because this link between violence and mental illness is deeply engrain…

    Authored by on March 27, 2013

  • About that pacifier study…

    …moms gave birth vaginally. There was still a lower risk of eczema among the pacifier-sucking parents’ kids, but there also was a lower risk of eczema among those born vaginally, regardless of pacifier cleaning methods: 20% of the kids born vaginally whose parents cleaned pacifiers with their mouths had eczema 31% of the kids who were born vaginally or had mouth-cleaned pacifiers had eczema 54% of the kids born by C section whose parents ne…

    Authored by on May 8, 2013

  • Anorexia nervosa, neurobiology, and family-based treatment

    sume eating. If they were still alive. Bruch’s observations dictated eating-disorders treatments for decades, treatments that led to spectacularly ineffective results. Only about 35% of people with anorexia recovered; another 20% died, of starvation or suicide; and the rest lived with some level of chronic illness for the rest of their lives. Not a great track record, overall, and especially devastating for women, who suffer from anorexia at a ra…

    Authored by on August 10, 2012

  • Dr. Oz is worried about your fillings

    …much mercury is safe, then? According to the EPA, 0.1 micrograms of mercury per kilogram of body weight per day is safe.  For an adult who weighs around 150 pounds, that’s about 7 micrograms.  A 6-ounce can of tuna has about 20 micrograms of mercury, about 3 times the safe amount per day.  Scientists do have real concerns that mercury in tuna and other fatty fish might present a health hazard. Dr. Oz’s device seemed to show that 61 micrograms of…

    Authored by on May 23, 2013

  • Mariette DiChristina

    …om, Scientific American Mind  and all newsstand special editions. She is the eighth person and first female to assume the top post in Scientific American‘s 166-year history. Under her leadership, the magazine received a 2011 National Magazine Award for General Excellence. A science journalist for more than 20 years, she first came to  Scientific American  in 2001 as its executive editor. She is an advisor for the Citizen Science Alliance…

    Authored by on February 17, 2012

  • Double Xpression: Liz Neeley, Science Communicator Extraordinaire

    …taking a masters, and then going into the non-profit world.  At first, I mostly worked on coral conservation in Fiji and Papua New Guinea, and I did a big project on deep sea corals.  After I left grad school, I started a 20-hour per week internship at an NGO called SeaWeb .  Vikki Spruill, who was the founder and president, has killer instincts and a passion for women’s high fashion that I share. She had noticed coral jewelry coming down th…

    Authored by on June 11, 2012

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