Skip to Main Content

ADVERTISEMENT

Amanda Schaffer is a science and medical columnist for Slate magazine.

ADVERTISEMENT

Bacteria on Your Brain

Not So Clean Mind

How are dirt molecules getting into white matter—and what are they doing up there? By Amanda Schaffer.

Amanda Schaffer | Published Mar 17, 2013

The Other Big Vaccine Lie

Ahem

Whooping cough is deadly, on the rise, and preventable with a vaccine. These are the facts, despite a spate of stories that distort a new study. Amanda Schaffer reports.

Amanda Schaffer | Published Feb 22, 2013

ADVERTISEMENT