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Connecting the DOTS
Connecting the DOTS
The four factors that drive contagion
Connecting the DOTS
Connecting the DOTS

The four factors that drive contagion

The four factors that drive contagion

infectious disease, books, culture

Book Excerpt from The State of Science
Marc Zimmer | Aug 14, 2020 | 5 min read
In Chapter 13, “Trusting Experts—and the Trump Administration,” Marc Zimmer laments the communication breakdown between modern US policy makers and scientists
Opinion: Science in a Time of Crisis
Marc Zimmer | Aug 14, 2020 | 4 min read
A new book explores the ways that research findings are used and misused.
Opinion: Anticipating the Next Pandemic
Debora MacKenzie | Jul 13, 2020 | 4 min read
Our experience with COVID-19 has already shone a light on how (and how not) to address future outbreaks.
Bacteriophages to the Rescue
Emily Monosson | Jul 16, 2017 | 3 min read
Phage therapy is but one example of using biological entities to reduce our reliance on antibiotics and other failing chemical solutions.
Book Excerpt from Natural Defense
Emily Monosson | Jul 16, 2017 | 3 min read
In Chapter 3, “The Enemy of Our Enemy Is Our Friend: Infecting the Infection,” author Emily Monosson makes the case for bacteriophage therapy in the treatment of infectious disease.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | May 1, 2015 | 3 min read
The Genealogy of a Gene, On the Move, The Chimp and the River, and Domesticated
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | May 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Madness and Memory, Promoting the Planck Club, The Carnivore Way, and The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
Capsule Reviews
Annie Gottlieb | Nov 1, 2012 | 4 min read
Spillover, Answers for Aristotle, Who’s in Charge? and Science Set Free
The Specter of Denialism
Nicoli Nattrass | Mar 1, 2012 | 3 min read
Conspiracy theories surrounding the global HIV/AIDS epidemic have cost thousands of lives. But science is fighting back.
Book Excerpt from The AIDS Conspiracy: Science Fights Back
Nicoli Nattrass | Feb 29, 2012 | 4 min read
In Chapter 8, "The Conspiratorial Move and the Struggle for Evidence-Based Medicine," author Nicoli Natrass explores the Internet's role in the rise of anti-science sentiment.
Capsule Reviews
Richard P. Grant | Jul 1, 2011 | 4 min read
Solar, The Dark X, The Sky's Dark Labyrinth, Spiral
A Scar Nobly Got
Michael Willrich | Jul 1, 2011 | 3 min read
The story of the US government’s efforts to stamp out smallpox in the early 20th century offers insights into the science and practice of mass vaccination.
Book excerpt from Pox: An American History
Michael Willrich | Jun 30, 2011 | 4 min read
In Chapter 5, "The Stable and the Laboratory," author Michael Willrich explores the burgeoning vaccine manufacture industry that ramped up to combat smallpox epidemics in turn-of-the-twentieth-century American cities.
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