Sarah Fecht
Sarah Fecht is a writer and editor for the Genetic Literacy Project, and a freelance science journalist who writes for Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, and Scientific American.
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Travelling by YouTube during the Lockdown
Travelling by YouTube during the Lockdown
During the lockdown, and not even able to take a bus to the centre of town, I
have perforce been getting about more by YouTube. Here are three of my…
How Does A Virus Win?
To estimate infection rates of viruses like SARS-CoV-2, immunologists use a basic reproduction number, known as R0 (pronounced “R naught”) - an expression of the number of people likely to catch a…
The Weight Loss Industry Is Full Of Woo
There is talk in America of adding even more nutrition information to food labels, but as long as entire industries are exempt from evidence-based claims, it won't do much good. It will still be woo…
Rapamycin May Prevent Sarcopenia And Keep Muscles Stronger For Longer
We're living longer than ever, but that means we now have to think about new issues that were uncommon when life expectancy was low.
Muscles shrink and their strength dwindles as we age. When…