Author Archives: Mara Grunbaum

About Mara Grunbaum

Science reporter in New York City.

Oh, hi

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Mara Grunbaum

I’ve neglected this blog, I know. It’s like a dead jellyfish washed ashore, melting slowly in the sun into a pile of formless ooze. With some crabs or something picking at it, probably. Unfortunately, today is not the day I … Continue reading →

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Is Google Making Us Ironic?

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Mara Grunbaum

Hand-wringing about the internet is by now a time-honored tradition. It’s making our children lazy! It’s replacing legitimate human connection! It’s too distracting! There are too many naked people on it! Perhaps the most famous work to date in the … Continue reading →

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Whale barnacles

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Mara Grunbaum

I have a new story up on Scienceline on whale barnacles. Namely: How on Earth do barnacles get onto whales in the first place? The ocean is huge, barnacle larvae are tiny, whales are rare — it seems, as marine … Continue reading →

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Deep sea, deep fried

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Mara Grunbaum

On Monday, the AP reported the discovery of a shrimp-like crustacean living in the frigid waters beneath a 600-foot-thick Antarctic ice sheet. The NASA team that accidentally caught it on video only wanted to look at the underside of the … Continue reading →

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Parasite: A Love Story

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Mara Grunbaum

Have you read The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien? It’s an amazing book for a hundred reasons, but one thing that sticks in my mind is the way O’Brien describes love. (No, this isn’t going to be one of … Continue reading →

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