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Carl Zimmer returns to the world of mind-controlling parasites in the new National Geographic. It comes with the most beautiful gallery of parasites I’ve ever seen.

“You need remarkable squared—a system to mass-produce mass production.” Oliver Morton on a system for mass-producing life-saving antibodies.

Emily Anthes delivers a detailed look at the future of insect cuisine.

Excellence from Maryn McKenna on why people love the drama of infectious diseases, but not the detail… and why that hurts us. This is the sort of reporting you get from someone who has spent years covering a beat.

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