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Susannah Locke

Susannah Locke

Former Senior Audience Experience Editor

    Latest articles by Susannah Locke

    Health
    Could bubonic plague be used as a weapon?Could bubonic plague be used as a weapon?
    Health

    If terrorists wanted to make another Black Death, how would it work?

    By Susannah Locke
    Health Care
    7 ways to get vaccinated without a needle7 ways to get vaccinated without a needle
    Health Care

    This won’t hurt a bit.

    By Susannah Locke
    archives
    Chart: The chemistry of bee stingsChart: The chemistry of bee stings
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    Here’s the molecules insects use to be so nasty.

    By Susannah Locke
    Neuroscience
    The science of boosting memoryThe science of boosting memory
    Neuroscience

    Researchers are hard at working trying to figure out how memory works, and they have some tantalizing clues.

    By Susannah Locke
    Health
    Ebola sleuths track down the outbreak’s originsEbola sleuths track down the outbreak’s origins
    Health

    Genetic sequences of dozens of Ebola virus samples will provide much needed information for fighting the disease.

    By Susannah Locke
    Health
    There’s a second, separate Ebola outbreakThere’s a second, separate Ebola outbreak
    Health

    The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported several Ebola cases, and they appear unrelated to the outbreak in West Africa.

    By Susannah Locke
    archives
    The world map of driving deathsThe world map of driving deaths
    archives

    See who’s beating us at road safety.

    By Susannah Locke
    archives
    9 questions about the bacteria living on you9 questions about the bacteria living on you
    archives

    An introduction to your microbiome and what it means for your health.

    By Susannah Locke
    archives
    How one funeral spread Ebola across Sierra LeoneHow one funeral spread Ebola across Sierra Leone
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    Sometimes a link of transmission can come down to just one person.

    By Susannah Locke
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    US bioterror labs have disturbing safety recordUS bioterror labs have disturbing safety record
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    Report suggests that the nation’s laboratories might be even riskier than we thought.

    By Susannah Locke