http://elizabethsvoboda.com/blog Elizabeth Svoboda discusses science, culture, and other things on her mind. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:41:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://elizabethsvoboda.com/blog/2009/07/04/happy-fourth-of-july/ http://elizabethsvoboda.com/blog/2009/06/29/on-the-fame-happiness-connection-or-lack-thereof/ As part of my reporting workload in recent months, I've been navigating the vast, little-known world of antibiotic alternatives. Among the most intriguing are phages, naturally-occurring viruses that have evolved to kill bacteria—and that make mincemeat of even the staunchest antibiotic-resistant species. My piece in the last issue of Popular ... http://elizabethsvoboda.com/blog/2009/05/26/anti-antibiotics/ As an avid gymnastics fan, I've been following the He Kexin age scandal closely. A handful of people within the gymnastics community knew about the discrepancies in her official paperwork long before the story broke last month in the New York Times. Even they're surprised, I think, that it's blown ... http://elizabethsvoboda.com/blog/2008/08/24/youre-chinese-youre-beautiful-and-youre-9/ A few people I know have blog widgets that let visitors peek at the most recently-played songs in their iTunes queue. For me, installing such a widget would be humiliating, on par with admitting that I occasionally read The Baby-Sitters Club books in my spare time. (Oh, wait...) Still, I've ... http://elizabethsvoboda.com/blog/2008/02/24/lorem-ipsum-dolor/