Yasmin Tayag is the copy editor at Nature Chemical Biology, The Last Magazine and U+Mag. She also occasionally hosts videos for the Scientific American series Instant Egghead.
After receiving her bachelor's degree in English literature and human biology from the University of Toronto, Yasmin received her Master's degree from New York University in biology after conducting research on sea squirts in a developmental genetics lab. In addition to being interested in evolutionary biology and medical and environmental science, she also loves literature, music and pop culture, occasionally contributing reviews of new novels to The Last Magazine. She hopes to combine her interests, together with a healthy dose of humor, to help bridge the divide between scientists and nonscientists. Her attempts to do so can be found at scienceinthecityNYC.com, where she blogs about her encounters with science in everyday city life.
For a variety of science news, book reviews and thoughts on pop music and acceptable meal times, follow her @yeahyeahyasmin.
Brent Wells is an evolutionary geneticist at New York University studying principles that guide evolution to achieve similar developmental paradigms in geographically and temporally disparate species; the idea that certain modes of development are more desirable for life than others and that evolution can improvise in order to find those sweet spots. Outside of the lab, Brent maintains a science blog at scienceunderthescope.com and enjoys cooking and making a little art of his own in the way of furniture.
Art and Evolution: a Work in Progress
The word evolution comes from the Latin evolutio, meaning to unroll. This notion of opening out or unfolding gave way to a general sense of development, which is why evolution means so many different things to different people; it can refer to the gradual change of a consumer product, society's tolerance of civil liberties or [...]