/oss/taxonomy/term/2083/all en /oss/article/did-you-know-history/did-you-know-colonialism-responsible-spread-malaria <p>Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a single-celled parasite that multiplies in human red blood cells as well as in the intestines of the Anopheles mosquito, the insect that transmits the disease. Researchers believe that malaria <a href="https://www.workers.org/2008/world/malaria_0131/" target="_blank">coevolved with humans in Africa</a>. For its spread across the world, we can <a href="https://www.workers.org/2008/world/malaria_0131/" target="_blank">blame colonialism</a>.</p> Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:00:00 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 7589 at /oss /oss/article/controversial-science-environment-food-health/it-started-mystery <p>“You are what you eat” is a time honoured truism. After all, food is the only raw material that enters our body, so we are literally made of what we eat. That of course includes our brain. But what do we fill that brain with? Here I would propose another maxim: “You are what you read.” That comes to mind because I was recently asked about how I originally got interested in what I do. That meant I first had to think about what it is that I do. Of course I know what I spend my time on.</p> Mon, 07 Dec 2015 20:44:28 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2297 at /oss