Lina Zeldovich
Lina Zeldovich grew up in a family of Russian scientists, listening to bedtime stories about volcanoes, black holes, and intrepid explorers. She has written for the Smithsonian, National Geographic, Reader’s Digest, the New York Times and other publications. Her most recent book, The Living Medicine: How a Lifesaving Cure was Nearly Lost and Why it Will Rescue Us When Antibiotics Fail, chronicled the history of phage therapy and was longlisted for the PEN America Literary Awards.
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Pick Up Your Dog’s Poop or Else!
Science is coming after people who don’t give a @#$% about sidewalks.
The Paradox of the Radioactive Boars
Scientists solve a long-standing mystery in Bavaria.
A New Way to Predict Seizures Before They Happen
This artificial nose can sniff out epileptic attacks.
What the Webb Telescope Really Showed Us About the Cosmos’ Beginning
And how the family business first took me there.
Yes, Your Loud Neighbors Are Driving You Bonkers
Why are we so sensitive to residential noise?
Don’t Worry If Your Kids Aren’t Polite to Alexa
The ubiquitous AI assistants are gathering huge amounts of data on them.
The Invasion of the Super Insects
New generations of insects are devouring Earth’s forests. Humans helped breed them—can we help stop them?
Why AI Needs a Genome
AI could learn and adapt like humans with algorithms that work like genes.
This Is Some Good Shit
How the sewage plant in our nation’s capital spins human poop into fertilizer gold.
My 3 Greatest Revelations
The author on writing her new book, “The Other Dark Matter.”







