Author: Ciara Curtin

A slightly neurotic ex-biologist who drinks coffee and eats chocolate like a fiend. Any suggestions on how to keep suicidal orchids alive and orange mollies (fish) from reproducing and becoming cannibals would be highly appreciated.

Articles by this author:

The Worst Part is the Waiting

Anticipating bad events gives researchers a peek into posttraumatic stress disorder.

By Ciara Curtin, October 12th, 2006

Pick Your Poison

Scorpion venom could help treat brain cancer patients.

By Ciara Curtin, September 25th, 2006

What were the conditions that created the rare tornado in Westchester County earlier this summer?

–asks K. Curtin, from Long Island, NY.

By Ciara Curtin, September 5th, 2006

More Pounding, Less Breathing

New CPR guidelines go into effect.

By Ciara Curtin, August 25th, 2006

A Mumps Lesson

What happens when the vaccine for a childhood disease fails?

By Ciara Curtin, August 16th, 2006

Why Men Are Like Dogs (but not in a bad way)

Men raise or lower the pitch of their voice based on how they view the dominance of another man.

By Ciara Curtin, August 2nd, 2006