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Fred Schwaller

Writer, editor, and storyteller focused on the human body and mind, and where science influences society in history and into the future.

Fred Schwaller is a science writer focused on the human body and mind. He is fascinated by where science influenced our history and how it is shaping our future. He has a PhD in neuroscience.

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Featured stories by Fred Schwaller

Kids learning in a classroom at a metro station in Kharkiv

How war impacts child development

Growing up in a war zone affects millions of children around the world permanently.
ScienceApril 19, 2024
A child in China gets swabbed for COVID-19

COVID-19: Why we're looking for the pandemic's origin

We still don't know whether COVID originated in nature or leaked from a lab, but here's why finding out matters.
ScienceMarch 14, 2024
Gwyneth Paltrow

Menopause needs a societal rethink

Menopause has been overmedicalized for decades, but experts are calling for a major societal shift in how it is viewed.
ScienceMarch 5, 2024
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Stories by Fred Schwaller

Crime scene tape at a murder investigation site

Murder mysteries could be solved with the help of microbes

Murder mysteries could be solved with the help of microbes

Studying bacterial colonies at crime scenes could help answer the next big "whodunit."
ScienceApril 18, 2024
A person points at rock art on the face of a cave in Colombia

Paleo-Indians changed Latin America — rock art proves it

Paleo-Indians changed Latin America — rock art proves it

Ancient humans moved to America 25,000 years ago, telling stories of their lives and environment in stunning cave art.
ScienceApril 12, 2024
A selection of dehydrated fruits, seeds and nuts in rectangular containers, seen from above

New guidelines to help kids overcome food allergies

New guidelines to help kids overcome food allergies

A new study provides safe guidelines for clinicians and families training children to overcome food allergies.
ScienceApril 8, 2024
A bowl of so-called "beef rice" — or hybrid rice — that looks glutinous, and pink-white

Would you eat lab-grown beef rice?

Would you eat lab-grown beef rice?

Researchers have created a hybrid rice with lab-grown beef and hope "beef rice" will be a sustainable source of protein.
HealthMarch 26, 2024
A family from Central Africa

Africa's burden with neurological diseases

Africa's burden with neurological diseases

Neurological disease burden is disproportionately high in Africa. How are African nations tackling the issue?
ScienceMarch 22, 2024
Two people in a room, one has placed a caring hand on the other's hand and another hand on their shoulder

Empathy: How to learn to feel more for other people

Empathy: How to learn to feel more for other people

We learn to feel empathy from the people around us. But if we feel too much, it can harm our mental health.
ScienceMarch 8, 2024
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