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 | Feb 13, 2025 | Medicine, Uncategorized
Usually, when people talk about dangerous books, they are referring to the content, so we think about banned books, and politically controversial books. I’m referring to books that are dangerous objects. What do I mean? Before we can talk about books, we need to talk...
by Ann Beach | Aug 1, 2024 | Medicine
Beauty Kills Imagine you are Spanish royalty in the 1600s. Spain is at the height of its international prowess and is a fabulously rich country. Untold wealth has been transferred from Central and South America in the form of gold and silver. Spain is, indeed, a...
by Ann Beach | Jul 25, 2024 | Medicine
The Mad Hatter We all remember the Mad Hatter, the character in Alice in Wonderland. Alice meets the Hatter having tea with the March hare and the Dormouse. He acts erratically, asking nonsense riddles, reciting ridiculous poetry, switching places at the table, biting...
