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The Agony and the Ecstasy: Why science writing is like learning tango and Chinese brush painting

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This is an odd title and I am stuck with it.  Worse, I am compelled to explain why this is so.  Today, I am at a loss what to choose for my next blog entry and trying to find motivation to write about scientific topics of interest to me – malaria, repellents, arsenic poisoning, the … Read more

Rip Van Winkle, Hibernating Fish and Malaria Control

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When I think of hibernation, my first thought is my high school English literature class on Washington Irving’s tale of a Dutch settler named Rip Van Winkle.  The story’s setting is New York’s Catskills Mountains during the American Revolutionary period.  In this tale, Rip Van Winkle was a fun-loving, lazy, henpecked husband who escaped his … Read more