by Ann Beach | Aug 6, 2026 | Medicine
Annelise Blanchette, a biologist working on her PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology, was deep into her research on lead levels and mockingbirds in New Orleans when the Covid pandemic changed everything. She and her team were locating mockingbird nests, trapping...
by Ann Beach | Jul 25, 2026 | Medicine
With Covid in the rear-view mirror, I put my Covid immunization card and an N-95 mask in my memory box, for children and grandchildren to see one day. What do you associate with Covid? What do you think people will think of 100 years in the future when they read about...
by Ann Beach | Jul 15, 2026 | Medicine
Have you, like much of the United States and the world, been riveted to FIFA soccer this summer? In a country where football, baseball and basketball reign supreme, it looks like we are finally catching up to the rest of the world, doesn’t it? I live in Atlanta, and...
by Ann Beach | Jul 9, 2026 | Medicine
I’ve been enjoying a TV series called “Unforgettable”. It’s about a detective who has perfect recall of every event she has experienced in her life. This rare trait helps her solve murder cases, of course. In truth, there are fewer than 100 documented people in the...
by Ann Beach | Jun 11, 2026 | Medicine
Ludwig van Beethoven, the unparalleled musical genius, died in 1827 at the age of 57. We all remember he was deaf. What a bitter disability for a composer. It is hard to imagine he composed his famous 9th Symphony (including the monumental Ode to Joy) after he lost...
