EvolutionJuly 1, 2017
Does Dancing Just Feel Good, or Did It Help Early Humans Survive?
Do humans dance just for fun, or did it help our ancestors survive thousands of years ago?
Stories by Thea Singer
Thea Singer is a Boston-based science journalist whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, MIT Technology Review and Psychology Today, among others. She is also author of Stress Less (Hudson Street Press, 2010).
HealthSeptember 1, 2012
Cholesterol Confusion: Researchers Closer to Understanding Which Forms of Cholesterol Can Really Hurt Us
A protein may turn good cholesterol bad and bad cholesterol lethal
October 17, 2011
Tell Us More Telomeres: Anecdotes from a Nobel Prize Winner
Just what do these vital stretches of repetitive DNA do? Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn shares more about her long career with these ever-shortening regions in an interview with science writer Thea Singer
The SciencesOctober 1, 2011
Actuary of the Cell: A Q&A with Nobelist Elizabeth Blackburn on Telomeres and Aging Cells
Building on her Nobel Prize-winning research on cell function, Elizabeth H. Blackburn is trying to find a simple measure of a person's health risks
HealthApril 1, 2011
My, What Long Telomeres You Have
Researchers will soon be offering a simple test that aims to tell patients how quickly they are aging