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The goal of this MicroEducation series is to demonstrate the remarkable importance of microorganisms in our day-to-day lives. I believe...

Sourdough. Bread. Few things rival a fresh slice of homemade sourdough - and since the start of the pandemic last year (ugh) there’s been...

Here we focus on the role that microbes play in the process of producing coffee.

Pretty Light Science is launching a series of articles dedicated to microorganisms. The creative force behind this scientific platform...

Early into the pandemic a variety of symptoms were linked to a SARS-CoV-2 infection, one of which had many researchers scratching their...

We at Pretty Light Science don’t just drink coffee and talk about the future. We are also interested in the past because history is a...

It’s no secret that coffee is an extremely popular beverage all around the world. Some people drink coffee because they like the taste,...

Earlier this year we wrote a post focused on COVID-19-related immunity; and based on the data available at the time it wasn’t really...

In this post we discuss two fresh articles that provide some good news (or do they? more on that in the end) regarding COVID-19 related...

by Maria Letourneau This week’s post at Pretty Light Science features an article by a guest author, who happens to be a great scientist...

In this post we summarize the results from three studies related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which we think would be of interest to our...

In this post we summarize what the science says about which type of cloth face masks can keep you and your loved ones the safest.

We have started this science chronicle with a purpose to make some general biological concepts more accessible to those who’d like to...

Have you already been infected with the novel coronavirus? If you have, does this give you an ‘immunity passport’, meaning that you can star

The COVID-19 pandemic that started in December 2019 has affected many things around the world. There are virtually no places on the...

We’re going to start this post with some positive news and happily share that the COVID-19 curve that we discussed in detail here has...

"The adoption of cooking by ancient humans probably played a role in the development of the intestinal microbes we have today."

After more than a 100 days into the new reality of life with the coronavirus, we still don’t understand many aspects of the problem....

"...when scientifically driven legislation is implemented over a long period of time, we see recovery of marine ecosystems."

Today we are going to tackle some curves and mathematical principles that are important to understand when following the COVID-19 story.