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Susannah Locke

Susannah Locke

Former Senior Audience Experience Editor

    Latest articles by Susannah Locke

    Genetics
    Everything you know about sex chromosomes is wrongEverything you know about sex chromosomes is wrong
    Genetics

    Cultural assumptions have been clouding our understanding of XX and XY.

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    Hurricanes with female names kill more peopleHurricanes with female names kill more people
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    It’s possible that Katrina would have been less deadly if named Karl.

    By Susannah Locke
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    How to fix the shortage of new antibiotic drugsHow to fix the shortage of new antibiotic drugs
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    We need new weapons in the war against dangerous bacterial infections.

    By Susannah Locke
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    Measles cases hit record-breaking numbers in USMeasles cases hit record-breaking numbers in US
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    Looks like 2014 will be the worst year in two decades

    By Susannah Locke
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    MERS person-to-person leap in US wasn’t realMERS person-to-person leap in US wasn’t real
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    The test was a false positive

    By Susannah Locke
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    Why the world didn’t decide to destroy smallpoxWhy the world didn’t decide to destroy smallpox
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    The virus is eradicated and only exists in two labs. Here’s why no one is pulling the trigger.

    By Susannah Locke
    Public Health
    Why 1 in 6 Americans gets food poisoning each yearWhy 1 in 6 Americans gets food poisoning each year
    Public Health

    Here’s how to not become one of them.

    By Susannah Locke
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    The interactive world map of MERSThe interactive world map of MERS
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    Where people are infected right now

    By Susannah Locke
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    Science report: top reasons women fake orgasmsScience report: top reasons women fake orgasms
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    The first scientific scale of fake orgasm motivation

    By Susannah Locke
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    Why we’ll never really destroy all of smallpoxWhy we’ll never really destroy all of smallpox
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    Smallpox is with us forever, whether we like it or not.

    By Susannah Locke