
Clea Simon
Freelance Journalist and Author at Freelance
Crime fiction and, often, cats. Most recently feline cozy TO CONJURE A KILLER and psychological suspense HOLD ME DOWN https://t.co/R42YW5HwdE she/her/hers
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1 week ago |
news.harvard.edu | Clea Simon
7 min read The mood was joyous as family and friends packed into Sanders Theatre celebrated 65 “Harvard Heroes” from across the University on Thursday. Nominated and selected by their peers, these staff members were introduced by the heads of their departments, divisions, or Schools. Their achievements were highlighted in brief and often touchingly personal remarks by President Alan M. Garber.
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2 weeks ago |
phys.org | Clea Simon |Sadie Harley |Robert Egan
Ticks pose a grave risk to public health, with nearly half a million cases of the tick-borne Lyme disease treated every year in the United States. Young nymph and adult female ticks typically pose the greatest risk of transmitting infection to humans.
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2 weeks ago |
news.harvard.edu | Clea Simon
Ticks pose a grave risk to public health, with nearly half a million cases of the tick-borne Lyme disease treated every year in the United States. Young nymph and adult female ticks typically pose the greatest risk for transmitting infection to humans. But, researchers say, there is much that is unknown about the sexual biology of ticks, knowledge that would prove useful in control efforts.
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1 month ago |
news.harvard.edu | Clea Simon
4 min read Fruit flies, one of the most studied organisms in science, are efficient little creatures, able to navigate their environment with agility. They were also one of the first animals to be manipulated by geneticists. A new study, published last month by PNAS, exploited these qualities by turning fruit flies into what the co-authors call “living micro-robots,” whose movements can be controlled by sensory clues.
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1 month ago |
bostonglobe.com | Clea Simon
Should a natural feature — a function of the earth — have the same rights as a human, or, really, any sentient creature? That is the question at the heart of “Is a River Alive?,” Robert Macfarlane’s exhaustive — and at times exhausting — new book. Considering the author’s background as a nature writer, it is clear the answer he expects is “yes,” and after reading this multifaceted argument, it is hard to disagree.
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