Tina Hesman Saey
Sometimes exploring a topic requires more than one story … or three … and sometimes it involves a bit of personal investment. Such was the case for a multi-part series Tina Hesman Saey wrote on consumer DNA testing for Science News.
The investigation took months and paid off in a richly reported, in-depth story that helps readers understand what DNA tests can — and can’t — tell them with an intimacy rarely found in science reporting. Continue reading
Photo: mostly*harmless via FlickrFusobacterium nucleatum
The human mouth is home to a variety of ecological niches, inhabited by hundreds of microbial species.
Scientists are eager to learn more about that world and its dynamic population. They hope their study of the oral microbiome will eventually contribute to a deeper understanding of how oral flora contribute to health and disease.
One new study, recently published in Science, offers an example of the kind of work that is unfolding. Continue reading
