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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.

Pick Up Your Dog’s Poop or Else!

Science is coming after people who don’t give a @#$% about sidewalks.

September 7, 2023

The Paradox of the Radioactive Boars

Scientists solve a long-standing mystery in Bavaria.

September 6, 2023

A New Way to Predict Seizures Before They Happen

This artificial nose can sniff out epileptic attacks.

August 25, 2023

What the Webb Telescope Really Showed Us About the Cosmos’ Beginning

And how the family business first took me there.

April 13, 2023

What Makes Us Bold

A parasite infection can make a leader of the pack—or a dead wolf.

March 3, 2023

Yes, Your Loud Neighbors Are Driving You Bonkers

Why are we so sensitive to residential noise?

December 28, 2022

Don’t Worry If Your Kids Aren’t Polite to Alexa

The ubiquitous AI assistants are gathering huge amounts of data on them.

December 7, 2022

The Invasion of the Super Insects

New generations of insects are devouring Earth’s forests. Humans helped breed them—can we help stop them?

November 16, 2022

We Only Think We Flush It Away

8 waste products that come back to haunt us.

August 17, 2022

Why AI Needs a Genome

AI could learn and adapt like humans with algorithms that work like genes.

December 7, 2021

This Is Some Good Shit

How the sewage plant in our nation’s capital spins human poop into fertilizer gold.

November 10, 2021

My 3 Greatest Revelations

The author on writing her new book, “The Other Dark Matter.”

November 10, 2021