I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. I study the foraging behavior of native bees in urban environments through genetic analysis of pollen. I believe that we as scientists do a poor job of communicating their findings to the general public – especially when so much of science is behind a paywall. I do my best to share science in accessible ways.Source
Seasonal allergies are about to get a whole lot worse. With people all over the world concerned about sickness, a sneeze or sore throat has become much more concerning these days. Some early symptoms of overlap with symptoms of such as coughing and fatigue., over 24 million adults and children in the United States had been diagnosed with or reported hay fever in the past year. Hay fever is a common name for – the reaction of the immune system in response to pollen produced by flowering plants – which are estimated to cost the United States over annually. Those costs include...… Seasonal allergies are about to get a whole lot worse. With people all over the world concerned about sickness, a sneeze or sore throat has become much more concerning these days. Some early symptoms of overlap with symptoms of such as coughing and fatigue., over 24 million adults and children in the United States had been diagnosed with or reported hay fever in the past year. Hay fever is a common name for – the reaction of the immune system in response to pollen produced by flowering plants – which are estimated to cost the United States over annually. Those costs include...WW…